PHILADELPHIA - A man is in police custody after he fatally shot his girlfriend in the head in Tioga, police say.
According to Philadelphia Chief Inspector Scott Small, the shooting occurred just before 1 a.m. on Friday. Police say 39th District officers responded to a report of a shooting on the 3700 block of N 17th Street.
When police arrived at the location, they found no victim, but they were informed that a 20-year-old woman was driven to the Temple Hospital with a gunshot wound to the back of the neck, Small says. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESAccording to authorities, she was pronounced dead at 1:09 a.m.
Small says investigators learned the shooting took place in the front doorway of a private home on N 17th Street, where a spent shell casing and blood were found.