A 16-year-old boy shot dead in South Philadelphia's Point Breeze section on Monday was identified today as Samir Guion, a neighborhood resident.
Investigators have not disclosed whether they have established in the slaying.
Police said Guion was struck multiple times about 3:20 p.m. when a gunman walked up to him at 19th and Federal Streets and opened fire five times with a 9mm handgun.
Guion, who lived a short walk away on the 1100 block of South Cleveland Street, died nearly three hours later at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
