Woman with gunshot wound thrown from moving car in West Philly, police say
The woman was thrown out of a light-colored SUV driving eastbound on Parkside Avenue, police said.
A 32-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to the chest was thrown from a moving car in West Philadelphia on Thursday night, police said
Police responded at 9:16 p.m. to the 5000 block of Parkside Avenue and found the woman, whom police did not identify, with injuries to her body and face, said Police Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore.
She was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 9:53 p.m., he said.
A witness told police they heard gunshots and saw something drop out of a light-colored SUV traveling eastbound on Parkside Avenue, Vanore said. Police believe the woman was thrown from that vehicle, he said, and investigators are searching for surveillance video of the incident.
Although the cause of the woman’s death has not yet been determined, police believe she likely died from the gunshot wound and not as a result of being thrown from the SUV, said Vanore.
The motive for the shooting was unclear, he said, and no arrests have been made.