Wife fatally shoots husband in Holmesburg

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by Michelle Myers Published May 25, 2025, 3:42 p.m. ET

A woman shot and killed her husband in Philadelphia’s Holmesburg section early Sunday morning after he forced his way into the house they recently shared, police said.

Right before 12:30 a.m., police responded to a call about a “person with a gun” on the 4400 block of Cottman Avenue . There, they found the woman and her wounded 38-year-old husband.

According to police, the woman told officers that her husband had returned home, kicking in both the front and back door and forcibly making his way insi