Armed man barricades himself on bus after ‘shooting two women in the head in burning building’

A SEPTA bus has been surrounded by police after a double shooting (Picture: Getty)

A double murder suspect has barricaded himself on a bus and is surrounded by police.

Detectives said the man on the bus is armed but there were no other passengers onboard the SEPTA bus.

The bus siege came after two women were found with fatal gunshot wounds inside a burning home in Philadelphia.

Firefighters rushed to a house fire in Williams Avenue in East Mount Airy at about 3.45am on Monday.

At the same time paramedics got calls about a possible shooting at the burning...