Sources: Man dead, woman shot 8 times in West Philadelphia neighbor dispute
WEST PHILADELPHIA -- A man is dead and a woman is critical after a shooting in West Philadelphia that sources tell Action News stemmed from a dispute between neighbors.
The shooting occurred shortly before 11:00 a.m. Sunday on the 4500 block of Spruce Street.
A resident reported hearing shots and the female victim was found in the hallway.
Sources say the woman, identified as 46-year-old Mary Pitts-Devine, was shot eight times.
She was transported to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in critical condition.
Her neighbor 51-year-old Steven Outlaw was found in a second floor apartment suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
Sources tell Action News that Outlaw had several issues with the female neighbor, including noise complaints, over a two year period.
Police allegedly found writings inside Outlaw's apartment about the noise complaints and accusations that Pitts-Devine was spying on him.
A gun was recovered at the scene.
Police are investigating.
