Woman sitting in her car ambushed, killed along Philly street, police say

An investigation is underway after a woman was shot and killed while sitting in her car in North Philadelphia early Monday evening in what police said appeared to be a targeted attack.

Tina Arroyo was sitting in a tan 2007 Honda Civic along the 500 block of East Loudon Street in the Feltonville neighborhood just before 6 p.m. when at least two shooters inside a white SUV opened fire, investigators said.

The 32-year-old woman from the Bustleton neighborhood was shot in the chest, neck and face, police said. Arroyo was pronounced dead at the scene minutes later. 

At least 28 shots were fired with 15 of them hitting her car, investigators said.

Investigators believe she, or her car, was targeted since the vehicles parked in front and behind her weren't hit.

"It appears that they were targeting her vehicle," Philadelphia Police Chief Investigator Scott Small told NBC10.

Cameras in the area recorded a white SUV with tinted windows stopping before the shooter or shooters got out and started shooting in her direction, Small said. The SUV was then seen fleeing the area.

There were 100 people, including a local football team, in the playground across the street at the time of the shooting.

“Very lucky there were no additional shooting victims,” Small said.

No arrests have been made and no weapons have been recovered. 

Entering Tuesday, there were 240 homicides in Philadelphia, according to data gathered by Philadelphia Police. That's down 22% from the same time last year, but still on pace to be one of the deadliest years since data began being tabulated in 2007.

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