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Two women found with apparent gunshot wounds during East Mount Airy fire response

Two women died after firefighters pulled them from a home on Williams Avenue early Monday. Officials said both appeared to have been shot in the head, and homicide detectives are investigating.

Two women found with apparent gunshot wounds during East Mount Airy fire response
Two women were found with apparent gunshot wounds to the head inside a burning home in Philadelphia’s East Mount Airy neighborhood early Monday, authorities said. Both later died at Einstein Medical Center. Firefighters were dispatched around 4 a.m. to a home in the 8200 block of Williams Avenue, where they encountered a kitchen fire and multiple people inside. Crews removed the women and took them to the hospital, where they were pronounced dead. Officials have not released the women’s identities or additional information about them. Homicide detectives were at the scene, and investigators were also working to determine what caused the fire. The blaze was brought under control.

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