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Cleanup begins in West Philadelphia following heated overnight protests | Photos

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Tense, hours-long protests erupted in West Philadelphia after police fatally shot Walter Wallace Jr. on Monday. Late Monday into early Tuesday, police struggled to respond to vandalism and looting along the commercial corridor of 52nd Street, an area that was the scene of clashes between police and protestors earlier this summer. At least one police vehicle was set on fire Monday night and destroyed.

People clean up outside of the Sunday Drugs at 52nd and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia, Pa. on October 27, 2020. Looters targeted the area after police shot and killed Walter Wallace on Monday.
People clean up outside of the Sunday Drugs at 52nd and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia, Pa. on October 27, 2020. Looters targeted the area after police shot and killed Walter Wallace on Monday.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer
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