A woman is dead after a tense hour-and-a-half standoff in South Philadelphia.Police said the woman, who was armed with a gun, fired several shots,then went inside a residence on the 2600 block of South 12th Street nearSouth Jessup and West Shunk streets shortly before 4:30 p.m.Authorities declared a barricade situation. After investigators gainedentry around 6 p.m., they found the woman inside, dead of an apparentself-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Medics pronounced her on thescene.Police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
