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3 women found dead in apparent murder-suicide in South Philly

Police responded around 5:30 p.m. to a reported shooting inside a home on the 2800 block of South 10th Street.

File photo of police tape.
File photo of police tape.Read moreYong Kim / Staff Photographer

Three women were found dead in an apparent double murder and suicide Monday evening in South Philadelphia, police said.

Around 5:30 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting inside a home on the 2800 block of South 10th Street.

The women — believed to be ages 67, 56, and 18 — had single gunshot wounds to their heads and were pronounced dead at the scene by medics at 5:38 p.m., police said.

A gun was found at the home and was taken into evidence, police said.

No other details were immediately available.