Woman ID'd after found dead with gunshot wound to the head on North Philadelphia sidewalk

PHILADLEPHIA (WPVI) -- A woman who was fatally shot in North Philadelphia Wednesday morning has been identified as 42-year-old Laura Abrams, police released Friday.

Police responded to N 7th and W Norris streets around 5:30 a.m. for a person with a gun. When officers arrived, a woman was found unresponsive on the sidewalk next to a church with a gunshot wound to the head. She was pronounced dead a short time later.

A spent shell casing from a semi-automatic weapon was found a few feet from where the woman was discovered.

"It's unusual. It's not one of our target areas - grid areas - where there is gun violence," said Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small. "[It's] normally a very quiet area, a very quiet neighborhood, so it is unusual for someone to be shot - shot and killed at this area."

Officials said there are several businesses in the area with surveillance cameras.

There has been no word on any suspect(s) or a motive. Police said the investigation is active and ongoing.

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