Report: pregnant wife of Pa. trooper fatally shot

    Police say a woman has died of a gunshot wound in her southeastern Pennsylvania home.

    WPVI-TV said Pennsylvania State Police are identifying the victim as the pregnant wife of a state trooper from the Skippack barracks.

    The Montgomery County district attorney’s office said the shooting happened around 2:30 p.m. Friday inside the home in East Norriton.

    WPVI said investigators are trying to piece together what happened but they are labeling the shooting as accidental.

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