Philadelphia man working on anti-gun-violence campaign shot, killed, police say

A Black man was shot and killed in Philadelphia Monday evening while working on a video campaign about stopping gun violence, police said. 

The shooting happened at around 8 p.m. Monday on the 1900 block of Page Street in North Philadelphia. Fox 29 reported that responding officers found the victim laying on the sidewalk next to the open passenger door of a van. The victim was later identified as 55-year-old Anthony Merriett.  According to Fox 29, Merriett had been shot in the head, chest, torso and legs. Officials reportedly discovered at least four shots were fired after four spent shell casings were found on the sidewalk and in a vacant lot, just feet away from where Merriett was laying.