A man is claiming self-defense in a shooting that killed another man at a SEPTA train station in North Philadelphia Friday evening, police said.

Philadelphia Police Inspector DF Pace said after 7:30 p.m., a man in his 20s approached two uniformed 22nd District officers who were working outside the SEPTA's Broad Street Line at the Broad-Girard Station and told officers he shot someone on the train northbound.

The man said he was assaulted unprovoked. Officers went down to the train and found a man, possibly 18 years old, suffering from gunshot wounds, said Pace.

The man who was shot was taken to Temple University Hospital by officers and was pronounced dead at 8:09 p.m.

"The entire incident involving this shooting was captured on video cameras, SEPTA video cameras that were on the train

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