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Murder-suicide reported at bar in North Phila.

Philadelphia police are investigating a murder-suicide that they said happened early yesterday in a North Philadelphia bar. A man shot his 56-year-old wife in the head at 2:15 a.m. in Sammy's Bar at 1400 N. Fifth St., then shot himself in the head, authorities said.

Philadelphia police are investigating a murder-suicide that they said happened early yesterday in a North Philadelphia bar. A man shot his 56-year-old wife in the head at 2:15 a.m. in Sammy's Bar at 1400 N. Fifth St., then shot himself in the head, authorities said.

Both were pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. Their names were not released. - AP