31-year-old woman fatally shot in South Philadelphia, 2 suspects in custody
The woman was shot in the head on the 2300 block of South Marshall Street near Mifflin Square Park shortly before 7 p.m.
A 31-year-old woman was fatally shot Tuesday evening in South Philadelphia and two suspects each allegedly carrying a gun were apprehended a short time later, police said.
The motive for the shooting was still under investigation, but the woman had reported being the victim of a domestic violence incident about a week ago, said Chief Inspector Scott Small.
Around 6:55 p.m., the woman was shot in the head on the 2300 block of South Marshall Street near Mifflin Square Park, Small said. Police officers on patrol about a block away heard the gunfire and found the unconscious woman lying on the sidewalk.
Police transported the woman to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 7:10 p.m.
A nearby crime surveillance camera recorded two men heading west on Ritner Street away from the shooting scene and then entering a house on the 700 block of Ritner, then exiting, Small said.
Police officers pursued the men on foot and apprehended both, Small said. Each man allegedly was carrying a semi-automatic handgun.
At the shooting scene, police found four spent shell casings next to where the woman was shot, Small said.