Police: Woman, 45, fatally shot inside East Germantown residence

A 45-year-old woman was found shot to death inside an East Germantown home and police are searching for her killer.

The shooting happened inside a home on the 100 block of East Pastorius Street Saturday morning, about 9:30, according to officials.

Police responded to the address on a hospital case call and found the woman dead on the living floor from a gunshot wound to the chest. Medics pronounced her dead at the scene.

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Homicide detectives are working the case and are searching for her killer. She was later identified as Patricia Hall by police.

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