Police: Teen baby sitter killed by gunfire

October 31, 2012 at 8:39a.m.

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 19-year-old woman was pronounced dead just after 9 p.m. Tuesday in the city’s Wynnefield Heights neighborhood.

Lt. John Walker said 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.