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Police said that a man beat and then shot a woman in the head in front of several children inside a Philadelphia apartment before taking his own life.

Police said a man beat and shot a woman inside a Philadelphia apartment before taking his own life Friday evening.

According to police, officers were called to an apartment on the 4900 block of Parkside Avenue just before 11 p.m. on Friday, December 5, 2025, after receiving a report about a shooting.

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Police said when officers arrived, they found that a woman had been taken to a nearby hospital after being beaten and shot in the head. They also found a man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in the alleyway next to the apar

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