2 Women Shot Dead in Burning East Mount Airy Home; Police Say Gunman in SEPTA Bus Standoff May Be Connected
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- Two women were found shot inside a burning rowhome on the 8200 block of Williams Avenue in East Mount Airy early Monday.
- Firefighters responding to a kitchen fire around 3:43 a.m. found both women with gunshot wounds and pulled them from the home. Medics took them to a hospital, where they were pronounced dead at 4:26 a.m. and 4:40 a.m., according to police.
- The fire was under control by 4:30 a.m., and homicide detectives have taken over the scene.
- Police say the armed man barricaded inside a SEPTA bus at Oxford Ave and Loney St in Fox Chase may be connected to the shooting.
- According to 6abc, he told the bus driver he had just killed two people.
- No suspect description or cause of the fire has been released, and the investigation is ongoing.
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Philadelphia PD Crime Scene Unit is assisting with the investigation.
Police say the armed man barricaded on a SEPTA bus at Oxford Ave and Loney St may be connected to the shooting. The investigation is ongoing.
Expect a heavy police presence in the area.
Police are looking into whether this is connected to the armed man barricaded on a SEPTA bus in Fox Chase, according to CBS Philadelphia sources. No link has been confirmed.
Homicide detectives are on scene. No suspect description has been released and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
The fire was placed under control around 4:30 a.m.
Crews found a kitchen fire with multiple people inside. Two women were pulled from the home and taken to a hospital, where they died. Police say both had been shot in the head.
Firefighters were called to a house in the 8200 block of Williams Avenue in East Mount Airy around 3:45 a.m. 911 also received calls for a shooting at the same address.
A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 8265 Williams Ave.
Philadelphia PD Crime Scene Unit is assisting with the investigation.
Police say the armed man barricaded on a SEPTA bus at Oxford Ave and Loney St may be connected to the shooting. The investigation is ongoing.
Expect a heavy police presence in the area.
Police are looking into whether this is connected to the armed man barricaded on a SEPTA bus in Fox Chase, according to CBS Philadelphia sources. No link has been confirmed.
Homicide detectives are on scene. No suspect description has been released and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
The fire was placed under control around 4:30 a.m.
Crews found a kitchen fire with multiple people inside. Two women were pulled from the home and taken to a hospital, where they died. Police say both had been shot in the head.
Firefighters were called to a house in the 8200 block of Williams Avenue in East Mount Airy around 3:45 a.m. 911 also received calls for a shooting at the same address.
A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 8265 Williams Ave.
Philadelphia PD Crime Scene Unit is assisting with the investigation.
Police say the armed man barricaded on a SEPTA bus at Oxford Ave and Loney St may be connected to the shooting. The investigation is ongoing.
Expect a heavy police presence in the area.
Police are looking into whether this is connected to the armed man barricaded on a SEPTA bus in Fox Chase, according to CBS Philadelphia sources. No link has been confirmed.
Homicide detectives are on scene. No suspect description has been released and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
The fire was placed under control around 4:30 a.m.
Crews found a kitchen fire with multiple people inside. Two women were pulled from the home and taken to a hospital, where they died. Police say both had been shot in the head.
Firefighters were called to a house in the 8200 block of Williams Avenue in East Mount Airy around 3:45 a.m. 911 also received calls for a shooting at the same address.
A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 8265 Williams Ave.
Philadelphia PD Crime Scene Unit is assisting with the investigation.
Police say the armed man barricaded on a SEPTA bus at Oxford Ave and Loney St may be connected to the shooting. The investigation is ongoing.
Expect a heavy police presence in the area.
Police are looking into whether this is connected to the armed man barricaded on a SEPTA bus in Fox Chase, according to CBS Philadelphia sources. No link has been confirmed.
Homicide detectives are on scene. No suspect description has been released and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
The fire was placed under control around 4:30 a.m.
Crews found a kitchen fire with multiple people inside. Two women were pulled from the home and taken to a hospital, where they died. Police say both had been shot in the head.
Firefighters were called to a house in the 8200 block of Williams Avenue in East Mount Airy around 3:45 a.m. 911 also received calls for a shooting at the same address.
A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 8265 Williams Ave.
Philadelphia PD Crime Scene Unit is assisting with the investigation.
Police say the armed man barricaded on a SEPTA bus at Oxford Ave and Loney St may be connected to the shooting. The investigation is ongoing.
Expect a heavy police presence in the area.
Police are looking into whether this is connected to the armed man barricaded on a SEPTA bus in Fox Chase, according to CBS Philadelphia sources. No link has been confirmed.
Homicide detectives are on scene. No suspect description has been released and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
The fire was placed under control around 4:30 a.m.
Crews found a kitchen fire with multiple people inside. Two women were pulled from the home and taken to a hospital, where they died. Police say both had been shot in the head.
Firefighters were called to a house in the 8200 block of Williams Avenue in East Mount Airy around 3:45 a.m. 911 also received calls for a shooting at the same address.
A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 8265 Williams Ave.
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This why I stay in the house and we don’t let ppl in I’m so weirded out by humans 🤮
so they found two women dead and they die at the hospital? who tf be writing these , shit don’t make sense
Police cannot pronounce. A physician has to
Jesus will take care of all this evil soon ⛪️⏳️
Just heard the helicopters. I’m ready to leave the country
This why I stay in the house and we don’t let ppl in I’m so weirded out by humans 🤮
so they found two women dead and they die at the hospital? who tf be writing these , shit don’t make sense
Police cannot pronounce. A physician has to
Jesus will take care of all this evil soon ⛪️⏳️
Just heard the helicopters. I’m ready to leave the country
This why I stay in the house and we don’t let ppl in I’m so weirded out by humans 🤮
so they found two women dead and they die at the hospital? who tf be writing these , shit don’t make sense
Police cannot pronounce. A physician has to
Jesus will take care of all this evil soon ⛪️⏳️
Just heard the helicopters. I’m ready to leave the country
This why I stay in the house and we don’t let ppl in I’m so weirded out by humans 🤮
so they found two women dead and they die at the hospital? who tf be writing these , shit don’t make sense
Police cannot pronounce. A physician has to
Jesus will take care of all this evil soon ⛪️⏳️
Just heard the helicopters. I’m ready to leave the country
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This why I stay in the house and we don’t let ppl in I’m so weirded out by humans 🤮
so they found two women dead and they die at the hospital? who tf be writing these , shit don’t make sense
Police cannot pronounce. A physician has to
Jesus will take care of all this evil soon ⛪️⏳️
Just heard the helicopters. I’m ready to leave the country