A woman in her early to mid-twenties was fatally shot in North Philadelphia on Tuesday evening. The Philadelphia Police Department responded to reports of gunshots and found the victim lying on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Police said she was carrying a handgun in her fanny pack but never had the opportunity to use it.
Philadelphia Police Department Inspector Scott Small said that the woman was carrying a handgun inside her fanny pack when she was shot but never got a chance to pull it outA woman was killed after being shot several times in North Philadelphia on Tuesday night, according to the police department.
The Philadelphia Police Department received several 911 calls reporting gunshots in the area of the 2700 block of North Dover Street just after 7 p.m., according to Inspector Scott Small.When officers arrived to the scene they found a woman wearing a fanny pack laying on the sidewalk very close to a private residence and suffering from gunshot wounds throughout her body, Small said.
The woman was unresponsive and police took her to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead, officials said. She did not have identification on her but she is believed to be in her early to mid-twenties.“The handgun was still secure inside of the fanny pack," Small told reporters at the scene. “It appears that this female never got a chance to pull the weapon or shoot the weapon."
Investigators said that many of the 21 spent shell casings found at the scene were located very close to where the woman was found lying, Small said. The shooter, or shooters, were standing very close to the victim when they opened fire.Mega millions
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