Overview
- Police identified the woman as 35-year-old Christina Miranda, who died at Temple University Hospital just before 5 p.m. Sunday.
- Officers responding around 4 a.m. to a report of a person with a gun encountered Miranda holding a handgun to her head and ignoring commands.
- A Taser deployment had no effect before she ran across Erie Avenue and pointed the firearm toward officers, who then fired and struck her multiple times.
- Investigators recovered a loaded .22-caliber Kel-Tec handgun with an obliterated serial number at the scene.
- The Philadelphia Police Department and the District Attorney’s Office are reviewing the shooting, and the two officers — a 36-year-old with 17 years of service and a 25-year-old in his second year — are on leave.