"5 MALES SHOT FROM MOVING VEH…20Y/O B/M SHOT 1X TO HEAD BY UNK DOER(S)..MALE TRANSPORTED TO EINSTEIN HOSP BY POLICE AND PLACED IN CRITICAL CONDITION," police said in a preliminary police report on Wednesday.
The other four victims of the drive-by shooting — all black males between the ages of 19 and 23 — are in stable condition, police said.
The police also added they have not yet recovered a weapon or identified a suspect in the incident.
The shooting occurred outside a Dollar Store at the intersection of Germantown Avenue and Wister Street, according to the police.
Earlier in the day, Fox News reported about the shooting in Philadelphia at 2:30 p.m. Police started an investigation of the incident.
The United States has been facing repeated shootings, prompting protests against loopholes in the country's gun control legislation.