Philadelphia police identify married couple killed in Cobbs Creek
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The manhunt is on for whoever shot and killed a husband and wife near their Cobbs Creek home early Friday.
The shooting happened before 3 a.m. on the 6100 block of Locust Street in the Cobbs Creek section of West Philadelphia.
Chalk markings drawn on the sidewalk show where police recovered some of the more than two dozen spent shell casings after a double shooting that took the lives of a married couple.
"Honestly, I find it shocking," Pat Sweeney said. "Shocking and disturbing."
Police say the victims are 47-year-old Andrew Bullock and 43-year-old Nicole Lee-Bullock who had both been shot multiple times. Police say they died at the scene, just feet away from their home.
Officers also say some of the couple's children and other family members were inside their home at the time of the shooting.
Their grieving family was too emotional to speak on camera but told CBS News Philadelphia they are heartbroken.
"I think it's sick," Sweeney said.
Now many who live and work in the community are in shock shaken.
"We all try to look out for each other, we all take care of each other, so to find out about that it's pretty disturbing," Sweeney said.
"These two were returning home together at the time they were shot and killed," Philadelphia police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
Police continue to investigate and are searching for security cameras that may have captured the gunfire.
"I just wish a lot of this would stop. It's just senseless. If you got a problem with someone do it the old-school way," Sweeney said. "Fight with your fists not with your guns. Fists heel up a lot better than bullets."
Small said a gun in a holster was found at the scene, but police do not believe the gun was fired. The gun was found very close to where the couple was laying.
Two cell phones and a purse were found next to the victims, Small said.
Police are working to get a description of the shooter or shooters and to find out why this happened.
