Northern Liberties is a trendy area a few miles from me:
A 26-year-old woman was killed Sunday night when a gunman shot her in front of her mother and stole her purse in Northern Liberties, police said.
Police identified the victim on Monday as Amber Long, of the 1700 block of West Ritner Street in South Philadelphia.
She was shot once in the chest around 10:25 p.m., while walking with her mother along Front Street, near Poplar.
Police believe two assailants followed Long and her mother on foot for about two blocks from Fairmount Street as the women walked to their car from the Spring garden street El Station.
Long’s mother had been visiting her daughter, police said, and they had parked their car near Front and Ellen Streets, near where Long’s ex-boyfriend lived.
