Philadelphia suspect dies after bus standoff and double homicide

Lonnie Turner, a man suspected of killing two women in a Philadelphia home, died by suicide following a 12-hour standoff on a SEPTA bus on Monday.

The incident began around 5:49 a.m. in the Fox Chase neighborhood when Turner, armed with a handgun, refused to exit a Route 18 bus at the end of its route. The standoff concluded around 5:03 p.m. when Turner shot himself inside the vehicle. He was transported to Abington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Earlier that morning, around 3:40 a.m., firefighters responded to a house fire in the Cedarbrook neighborhood. Upon arrival, they discovered 78-year-old Sadie Turner and her adoptive daughter, Gabby Turner, with gunshot wounds. Police have linked Turner to the deaths of the two women.