Boyfriend says gun accidentally went off inside NE Philly home, girlfriend killed: Police

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A woman has died after her boyfriend said he accidentally shot her inside a Northeast Philadelphia home, police said.

It happened around 11:15 p.m. Sunday on the 9500 block of Clark Street.
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The man called police and told them he was cleaning his gun when it went off.

A bullet struck his 22-year-old girlfriend in the neck.

She was taken to the hospital where she died a short time later.
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Police found multiple weapons in the second floor of the home.

Investigators were questioning the boyfriend. No charges have been filed at this time.

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