Worker shot to death in cab of furniture truck

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A Northeast man died of multiple gunshot wounds Saturday night as he sat in a truck behind the North Philadelphia furniture store where he worked.

Detectives have no suspects and do not know the motive in the shooting, which occurred at 6:25 p.m. on the 900 block of N. Watts St., behind the Underground Furniture store, said Officer Jillian Russell, a police spokeswoman.

Kevin Drinks, 50, of the 1800 block of Oakmont St., was found in the cab with multiple wounds of the body. He was pronounced dead at 6:35 p.m. at Hahnemann University Hospital. ••