Daily News | 50 shootings during the weekend warns of a deadly summer in Philly | Editorial
It should hardly have come as a surprise, then, that an unexpected stretch of sunny April weather during the holiday weekend also saw the number of incidents of gun violence tick up dramatically in the city. During a 24-hour stretch from Thursday to Friday, the city averaged a shooting an hour, and of the two dozen people who were shot, five were killed. All told, from Thursday to Sunday, the city saw a total of 50 shootings.
City officials say they are prepared and point to a range of recreational and educational options for the city’s young people. Opening public swimming pools this summer, often a safe haven (though
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