PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Police are investigating a violent domestic incident near Fairmount Park that left one man dead and a woman critically injured Friday night.
Police were called to a home near 49th Street and Parkside Avenue around 10:45 p.m. When they arrived, they found a woman who had been severely beaten. She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors found a bullet in her head, and underwent emergency surgery.
Police then searched the area where the woman was found and discovered a man in the alleyway next to the home with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators said the man and woman were in a relationship, and the attack happened inside the home in front of their children. Other adults were inside the home at the time of the incident and shielded the children from what was unfolding.
The witnesses have since provided statements to detectives. The woman is in stable condition.