Police are investigating after a man and a woman were shot and killed in North Philadelphia early Saturday evening, police said.
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The shooting happened on the 2300 block of North 18th Street around 5:31 p.m. Saturday, according to police.
Officer Tanya Little, a spokesperson for the police department, said police took the man and woman to Temple University Hospital, where they were pronounced dead at 5:54 p.m.
A firearm was recovered at the scene, Little said. She said the motive for the shooting was unknown.
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