Woman, 28, fatally shot in West Oak Lane; man taken into custody, police said
Skyfox over the scene of a fatal shooting of a 28-year-old woman in West Oak Lane.
WEST OAK LANE - A 28-year-old woman is dead after she was shot in the head in West Oak Lane.
Officials said the shooting happened on the 6900 block of North Broad Street Tuesday, about 4:15 in the afternoon.
Responding officers found the woman suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. She was pronounced dead at the scene by medics.
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Authorities said a 34-year-old man was taken into custody and a weapon was recovered.
This is the latest in a string of shootings over a 24-hour time frame, in Philadelphia, four of them fatal.
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