A man came home Tuesday night to find a group of armed men rummaging through his Philadelphia home.
One of those men wouldn't make it out of that home alive and the homeowner would wind up in the hospital, according to Philadelphia Police.
Just before 10 p.m., police responded to the 5700 block of Wyndale Avenue in the city's Wynnefield section.
When they arrived they found a man in his 20s dead of a gunshot wound to his head and a 22-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg, according to Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small.
Officers rushed the injured man to the Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania.
"The 22-year-old male who was shot in the leg lives at this location," said Small.
Small said that when the man returned home with his 26-year-old live-in girlfriend they found four to five men, some wearing masks and some carrying guns, burglarizing their home.
A gun battle ensued.
"Who fired the shots? We don't know at this time," said Small.
Investigators found spent shell casings near the dead man's body and some more on the steps. They also found a couple weapons on the scene.
He also said that the dead man had on gloves. The other suspects got away.
The live-in girlfriend wasn't hurt.
It appeared that the suspects broke in through a first-floor window, said Small.
The victims were talking to detectives as the investigation continued Wednesday.
Small said it's rare for something like this to happen in this normally quiet neighborhood.
"This is normally a nice, quiet, peaceful neighborhood."
Small said however there have been some burglaries in the neighborhood in the past.
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