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Man, Woman Die After Shooting in Southwest Philadelphia

Police say a man and woman were shot to death on a Southwest Philadelphia street.

Officers were called to the Kingsessing neighborhood shortly before 2:30 a.m. Sunday and found a 25-year-old woman and 28-year-old man lying on the highway with gunshot wounds.

Police said the woman had multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and back, and she died shortly after 3 a.m. at Penn Presbyterian hospital.

The man had a gunshot wound to the chest and also was pronounced dead shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday at Penn Presbyterian Hospital.

Police said homicide investigators don't know the motive for the shooting and no arrests have been reported. A man wearing a dark hooded sweat shirt and dark shorts was seen fleeing from the scene.

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