WEST OAK LANE - A 39-year-old woman is dead after she was shot in the head multiple times in Philadelphia’s West Oak Lane neighborhood.
According to authorities, the shooting happened Sunday night, around 7:30, on the 1900 block Haines Street.
Responding officers found the woman on the first floor of a home. She had several gunshot wounds to her head.
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Medics pronounced the woman dead at the scene.
Police are actively investigating a motive for the shooting. They say no weapons have been found and no arrests made.
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