Innocent Bystander Killed Trying to Break Up Fight

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, police believe that a 41-year-old woman was trying to break up an argument between two people, when one of them tried to shoot the other and unintentionally shot and killed the woman. She was shot in the arm at close range and pronounced dead at the hospital. Witnesses who knew her said she was looking forward to her teenage son’s first day back at school on Monday. The shooter was caught on surveillance video, but so far no one has been arrested.

Source:

Charles Watson, “Bystander Shot, Killed Trying to Break Up Argument in Philadelphia’s Kensington Section,” 6abc.com (August 26, 2024).