W. PHILADELPHIA: Woman killed by bullet aimed at someone else

Nov19

Philadelphia Inquirer| By Jonathan Lai

A 22-year-old woman died in West Philadelphia Saturday morning when she was shot in the back by a bullet not intended for her.

Zykia Sanders, from the 300 block of West Berkley Street in Germantown, was not the intended target of the gunfire, according to information provided by Officer Tanya Little, a spokeswoman for the Philadelphia Police Department.

Police arrived at the 4400 block of Holden Street near the Powelton section of the city around 2:18 a.m. They found Sanders on the ground, unresponsive, with a gunshot wound to the back.

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