By Associated Press - Wednesday, November 9, 2016

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Police say a woman is dead after a shooting in Philadelphia and her live-in boyfriend was found covered in blood.

Police tell the Philadelphia Inquirer (https://bit.ly/2flZAB3 ) they found the 23-year-old woman in her bedroom on Tuesday night with a gunshot wound to the chest. Emergency responders declared her dead at the scene.

Police say they found her 35-year-old boyfriend covered in blood inside the Olney apartment. They say he couldn’t explain what had happened and that he has been taken in for questioning.



Police say the couple’s 1-year-old boy was in the apartment. He wasn’t harmed.

No names have been released.

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Information from: The Philadelphia Inquirer, https://www.inquirer.com

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