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Police ID Summerdale murder victim

Police have identified the victim in Thursday afternoon’s shooting death in Summerdale as Eric Locke, 41, of the 800 block of Scattergood St.

At about 12:57 p.m., 2nd Police District officers responded to a 911 call to Scattergood Street, between Langdon Street and Summerdale Avenue, for a person with a gun.

There, they found Locke, who lived on the block, with multiple gunshot wounds to the body. They transported him to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 1:27 p.m.

No arrest has been made, and no weapon recovered. Homicide detectives are investigating. A motive and suspect are unknown. ••

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