Philadelphia man shot and killed on prison property following release

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A Philadelphia man, who was released from prison on Thursday, was shot and killed after a gunman chased him back on to prison property, police said.

Rodney Hargrove, 20, was released from Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Holmesburgat, Pennsylvania, at around 1 a.m., the city’s prison commissioner Blanche Carney said during a news conference.

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