Woman fatally shot by teenager during armed robbery outside her Logan apartment, police say

LOGAN - Police are investigating an armed robbery that left a woman dead in the Logan section of Philadelphia. 

According to authorities, the incident occurred around 1:45 a.m. on Thursday on the 5100 block of N 12th Street. 

Officials say officers responded to the area and found a 26-year-old woman lying on the highway with gunshot wounds to the chest. She was pronounced dead shortly after at 1:51 a.m., per police. 

Authorities say the woman was found lying on the sidewalk near the entrance to her apartment complex.

"She was very loving and caring," the victim’s best friend, who did not want to be identified, described the victim. "We’ve had so many years, so many memories. I just didn’t expect it to end in tragedy."

According to investigators, five spent shell casings and two guns were discovered nearby.

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Investigators say witnesses told authorities two masked men approached two women and tried to rob them. 

According to Chief Inspector Scott Small, the 26-year-old woman also had a gun and fired some shots at the thieves.

"Went to grab her firearm, that she has the right to carry," the best friend said. "She was shot. She shot them back, but they took her life."

Witnesses also told police that the masked suspects fled the scene in a white sedan, authorities say. 

A 15-year-old male was later dropped off at Einstein Hospital with gunshot wounds to his hands, arms and chest, per police. Officials say he was dropped off in a white sedan that matched the description of the shooters' vehicle. 

The teen was later transported to CHOP, where he is being guarded as a prisoner, according to police.

"She’s no longer with me anymore," the best friend elaborated. "I had to sit there and watch my best friend just bleed out."

"I heard the first shot and then, probably a few seconds later, there were like six shots right after," neighbor Kayla Chek said. "I was just lucky that I came inside the house right away."

Chek came home from work just five minutes before the shooting and says her life is about to change. "I always keep my eye out. I always have my pocketknives or a pull-out knife that I use to carry, but I’m getting ready to apply for my license to carry."

"I think that’s the really sad statement of all of this is that our women, our children and our elderly are just prey to these, what I consider to be domestic terrorists in our city right now," resident Jamal Johnson commented.

"There are too many lives being lost. People wait until it’s at their doorsteps to really make the moves that need to be made in order for change to occur," the best friend remarked.

The police have not yet released the name of the victim.