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Angel Rivera was a 24-year-old Hispanic man and a resident of Bleigh Avenue in Philadelphia. He was shot multiple times and killed on the evening of Saturday, November 27, 2021, in the city’s Olney neighborhood. Police answered a report of a person with a gun on the 500 block of West Duncannon Avenue and, arriving about 7:10 p.m., found Rivera on the street with as many as 18 gunshot wounds. Officers placed him in a patrol vehicle and transported him to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

Investigators initially recovered no weapon at the scene and made no immediate arrests. The shooting was described as an act of gang-related violence targeting members of a rival gang. If anyone in Olney on November 27, 2021, saw activity on West Duncannon Avenue or has information about Rivera’s death, please share what is known.