Man Suspected of Fatally Shooting 3 People Is Shot and Killed by Officers in Philadelphia

Man Suspected of Fatally Shooting 3 People Is Shot and Killed by Officers in Philadelphia
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PHILADELPHIA—Philadelphia police officers on Monday shot and killed a man suspected in a quadruple shooting hours earlier that left three people dead, authorities said.

Shortly before 5 a.m., officers were called to a home in the Lawncrest section of northeast Philadelphia. They found a 43-year-old woman in the rear of the property who had been shot in the eye, a police statement said. She was taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in critical but stable condition.