Police: Pa. teen baby sitter killed by gunfire

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police in Philadelphia say a teenager was fatally wounded by gunfire when a man fleeing two gunmen apparently tried to get into the house where she was baby-sitting.

Investigators say the woman was pronounced dead just after 9 p.m. in the city’s Wynnefield Heights neighborhood. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports authorities identified her as 19-year-old Sherita Hamilton.

Lt. John Walker tells the Philadelphia Daily News two armed men were shooting at a man who ran onto the porch of the home and tried to get inside. The woman was shot in the head when she opened the door.

Walker says the man who was running from the shooters is in custody. Police are still searching for the shooters.