SPRING GARDEN (WPVI) -- A 23-year-old man is hospitalized in critical condition after being shot near a nightclub in Spring Garden.Police tell Action News officers were in the process of dispersing a large crowd leaving Club 822 at Broad and Poplar Street at 2:30 a.m. Sunday when they heard gunfire just north of the nightclub.After the shots were fired, the victim approached the officers and told them he had been shot in the back.Officers took him to Hahnemann University Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.Police say more than 2 dozen shots were fired in the incident.They say the victim told them he had not been arguing or fighting with anyone before being hit by gunfire.POlice continue to investigate.There has been no word of any arrests.