A 32-year-old woman is dead after she was shot in the chest and then pushed from a vehicle, Philadelphia authorities said.
According to police, the incident occurred on the 5000 block of Parkside Avenue at 9:16 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2025.
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WATCH HEREPolice said responding officers and medics found a 32-year-old woman on the side of the road with blunt force trauma to her face and a gunshot wound to her chest.
Witnesses told police the victim was thrown out of a light-colored SUV. Police said that the vehicle was last seen traveling eastbound on Parkside Avenue.
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SIGN UP The woman was taken to the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead shortly before 10 p.m.
While police have not released the victim's identity, a woman who said she was the victim's best friend told NBC10 her name is "Alex."
“I’m broken. I’m broken," the woman said. "That was my heart. Since we were 14, we were like this…inseparable."
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Police said the victim's last known address was close to where she was thrown out of the vehicle in West Philadelphia. Police are currently checking for any surveillance cameras nearby as they continue to investigate.
Maya Rusetskaya, owner of the A to Z Care center, said the adult daycare facility is working with police to determine whether her business captured anything on surveillance.
“I believe if we want to develop this area, we need to pay much, much more attention in this area and better security,” Rusetskaya said. “Things happen here quite often and this not the first time.”
Jawaka Johnson was born and raised in West Philadelphia and said the area where the incident occurred is generally not a major concern but said the incident is disturbing.
“I am shocked and appalled, but I am shocked and appalled at a lot of things going on in the city,” Johnson said. “That’s a young person. I have kids that age. That’s very scary to see my “kids” injured in that fashion. There’s nothing anybody could do to me that could make me want to do that to them, so my prayers are out to that young woman’s family and friends. And she’s from the community, so to the rest of the community.”
No arrests have been made at this time, nor is the motive known.
