A man and woman believed to be a father and daughter were found dead Saturday afternoon in a Port Richmond home in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide.
Investigation Underway
Philadelphia police responded to a home on the 2800 block of Mercer Street around 1:30 p.m. for a reported shooting. Officers found a man and woman suffering from gunshot wounds. Both were pronounced dead a short time later.
Police said their preliminary investigation indicates the shooting was domestic in nature and involved a father and daughter. Investigators are treating the deaths as an apparent murder-suicide.
No one else was inside the home at the time of the shooting, police said.
The deaths left neighbors in the tight-knit neighborhood shaken.
Police have not released the identities of the man and woman or provided additional details about what led to the shooting.
Original reporting: Allentown News – 6abc Philadelphia — read the source article.
