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Philadelphia Police Identify 23-Year-Old Woman Shot And Killed While Sitting On Front Steps Of Home

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia police have identified a 23-year-old woman they say may have been killed by a stray bullet. Crystal Roman-Benitez was sitting on the front steps of her home when she was shot and killed.

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The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday on the 2500 block of North 9th Street in North Philadelphia.

Police say Roman-Benitez was shot in the head and died at the hospital.

A second victim, a 54-year-old man, suffered a graze wound to the right shoulder. He's in stable condition.

No one has been arrested.

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