A man accused of killing his girlfriend Sunday night by shooting her through the chest with a crossbow had a history of domestic violence, police said.
(...) on Sunday night, neighbors called 9-1-1 after 42-year-old Pamela Nightlinger, shot through the chest with a crossbow, stumbled to their home and collapsed in their doorway, bleeding profusely.
The bolt from the crossbow penetrated Nightlinger's body, then went through the couch and into the wall, said Philadelphia Police Capt. Anthony Ginaldi.
Officers arrived to find Nightlinger in a pool of blood. She was rushed to Aria Torresdale hospital where she died a short time later.