Woman dead after being shot, thrown from vehicle near Mann Center: police
New details emerge as woman is killed after she was thrown from vehicle
Surveillance video captured the moment a woman was thrown from an SUV in Philly's Parkside neighborhood. She later died at the hospital.
PARKSIDE - Authorities are investigating a "gruesome homicide" after a woman was shot and thrown from a moving car Thursday night near the Mann Center.
The 32-year-old woman was found by police on the side of the road suffering from blunt force trauma to the face and a gunshot wound to the chest.
No arrests have been reported at this time.
Woman killed after she was thrown from vehicle
A 32-year-old woman was thrown from a moving vehicle in Philadelphia's Parkside neighborhood.
What we know:
Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 5000 block of Parkside Avenue just after 9 p.m. Thursday for reports of a shooting.
Officers found a 32-year-old woman on the side of the road suffering from trauma to the face and a gunshot wound to the chest.
She was brought to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center where she died from her injuries just before 10 p.m.
Chief Inspector Scott Small said witnesses reported seeing the woman being thrown from a light-colored SUV traveling east on Parkside Avenue.
"A very, very gruesome homicide," Small said.
What they're saying:
A to Z Adult Daycare Center Director, Sabina Dopiro says their surveillance video captured it all and she describes it as horrible, "The car, like a light SUV was passing and the back door opened and the woman was shoved out of the car and it’s just so crazy because there are cameras everywhere here."
Lt. Tom Walsh, of the Philadelphia Police Homicide Unit says police are looking for at least one person who was driving the vehicle. He explained, "We’d like to remind everybody there’s a $20,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of a homicide suspect, so we’d really like anybody reach out to the Homicide Unit."
Back at the A to Z Adult Daycare Center, Owner Maya Rusetskaya says more than 50 clients of all ages attend her center daily and there’s a school next door. She plans on adding full-time security at the center’s entrance and hopes police also step up patrols.
"Important area that we should take much more care in a matter of security and matter of patrolling the area that the police should come much more often," she said.
What we don't know:
Police have not shared the identity of the victim at this time.
No arrests have been reported and police have not provided a description of a possible suspect.