http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Barricade-West-Philadelphia-Man-Shoots-Girlfriend.html
A woman was trying break up with her boyfriend Wednesday when she was shot several times in the chest, according to Philadelphia police.
The two were inside a car at a golf course in West Philadelphia around lunchtime.
The couple started arguing and the boyfriend, 54, pulled out a gun, shot the woman, 24, and then dumped her body on the side of the street, said police. When they got there, the woman was able to give them some information before she was rushed to the hospital where she died a short time later.
The suspect locked himself inside a house on the unit block of Salford Street in West Philadelphia.
SWAT team members, homeland security and police were outside the home for several hours Wednesday afternoon until the suspect, Edward Williams, shot himself in the face.
He was hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday night.
did i miss something? since when does homeland security have any sort of jurisdiction in routine criminal matters in an American city? and when did the agency become so militarized with what the local news termed "teams"?
A woman was trying break up with her boyfriend Wednesday when she was shot several times in the chest, according to Philadelphia police.
The two were inside a car at a golf course in West Philadelphia around lunchtime.
The couple started arguing and the boyfriend, 54, pulled out a gun, shot the woman, 24, and then dumped her body on the side of the street, said police. When they got there, the woman was able to give them some information before she was rushed to the hospital where she died a short time later.
The suspect locked himself inside a house on the unit block of Salford Street in West Philadelphia.
SWAT team members, homeland security and police were outside the home for several hours Wednesday afternoon until the suspect, Edward Williams, shot himself in the face.
He was hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday night.
did i miss something? since when does homeland security have any sort of jurisdiction in routine criminal matters in an American city? and when did the agency become so militarized with what the local news termed "teams"?