Police in Philadelphia are investigating after a woman, believed to be in her late fifties to early sixties, was shot in the chest in the city's Feltonville neighborhood.
According to police, officers responded to the shooting at about 1:35 p.m., to find a woman laying in the street after she had been shot once in the chest and once in the back.
The woman, officials said, was taken to a nearby hospital where she was placed in critical condition.
No arrests have been made and no weapons have been recovered, but officials said, this shooting is currently under investigation.
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