Crime & Safety

Man Shot Near Hotel Before Crashing Car In West Philadelphia, Police Say

The man shot at the hotel was taken to the hospital with a graze wound on his hip, according to police. He's been released.

(CBS Philadelphia)

May 29, 2025

A man was shot in a car outside a hotel in West Philadelphia Wednesday evening, police said.

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The man was shot just before 6 p.m. in the parking lot of the Courtyard Marriott Hotel on the 4100 block of Presidential Boulevard, police said.

The man then drove onto City Avenue, where he crashed into another car near the I-76 overpass. A man and woman who were inside the car he hit were injured and are in stable condition, Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.

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