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Man, 18, found shot to death in W. Phila.

An 18-year-old man was found fatally wounded yesterday morning in West Philadelphia, police said.

Omar Kennedy of West Philadelphia, was found with about 12 gunshot wounds about 11:30 a.m. in the street at 60th Street and Lansdowne Avenue, police said. He was pronounced dead at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania about 11:45.

Police said Kennedy was shot during an argument believed to have stemmed from a previous altercation. Two assailants, one with a .380-caliber pistol, were being sought last night.

- Vernon Clark and Dwight Ott