Gunman kills bartender, shoots self in West Philadelphia, police say
Police say the woman who was killed and the suspected shooter knew each other.
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Police are investigating a double shooting in West Philadelphia that left a 29-year-old female bartender dead and the suspected gunman critically wounded.
The victim and the suspect knew each other but their relationship was not immediately clear, police said.
The shooting occurred about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Studio 7 Lounge on the corner of Spruce and 60th Streets, police said.
Officers who heard the gunfire entered the bar and found the bartender, identified as Gwendolyn Anderson of the city's Hunting Park section, with a gunshot wound to the head, authorities said. She was pronounced dead at 10:32 p.m. at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.
A few doors away, they found a 52-year-old man believed to be the shooter with a bullet wound to the head and a handgun under his body, police said. The man, whose name has not yet been identified, was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in critical condition.