Gun Violence
Behind stop and frisk: The history, the controversy, the findings
Philly City Council members reignited the debate on stop and frisk as a solution to the city’s gun violence crisis, raising questions about what makes residents feel safe.
2 years ago
A few weeks ago, a report commissioned by the Office of Violence Prevention revealed that CCIP staff are undertrained, and often overwhelmed, and lacking cohesion.
2 years ago
Introducing ‘Stop and Frisk: Revisit or Resist’
A new podcast from WHYY and Temple University’s Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting looks at the controversial policing practice stop and frisk.
2 years ago
WHYY’s ‘Stop and Frisk’ podcast explores solutions to gun violence
The new podcast from WHYY and the Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting asks neighborhood communities for answers to tough questions.
2 years ago
Listen 1:27The UVA shooting suspect is in custody after 3 football players were killed
Three football players were killed on a bus late Sunday after returning to the University of Virginia from a field trip. Police arrested the suspected gunman after a 12-hour m
2 years ago
Why Rep. Amen Brown is wrong about the National Guard
Calling in the national guard is taking the lazy way out, writes Pastor Carl Day, a prominent public safety advocate.
2 years ago
3 former Sharon Hill police officers plead guilty in deadly shooting of Fanta Bility
The three former Sharon Hill police officers charged with firing shots that killed 8-year-old Fanta Bility have pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment.
2 years ago
Man shot multiple times, killed on SEPTA’s Broad Street Line in Philadelphia
The man, who is believed to be in his 20s, was shot 11 times throughout the body, police said.
2 years ago
Philadelphia police searching for gunmen who shot 9 people in Kensington
Police say the gunmen exited a black-colored vehicle that was parked in the middle of the block and fired about 40 shots.
2 years ago
New Delaware gun control laws: An illegal ‘regulatory scheme’ or ‘reasonable limits’?
The gun lobby promised a legal challenge when the bills were proposed. They object to a ban on assault-style weapons, and age and magazine size limits.
2 years ago
Roxborough High shooting suspects committed separate murder a day earlier, police say
Three suspects in September’s deadly shooting near Roxborough High will be charged with murder in a separate fatal shooting that happened the day before.
2 years ago
How Philadelphians working to end gun violence feel about the Krasner impeachment effort
Some gun violence prevention advocates want DA Krasner gone, but don’t blame him for the shooting crisis in Philadelphia.
2 years ago
At an emotional hearing, the Parkland shooter is formally sentenced to life in prison
After a jury recommended the sentence, the judge could not change it. But she did allow victims and families to speak directly to Nikolas Cruz for the first time.
2 years ago
Fourth suspect arrested in connection to Roxborough High School shooting
It's the fifth person I-D’d in connection to the shooting that killed 14-year-old Nicolas Elizalde and hurt four other teens.
2 years ago
Police: 6 people shot outside nightclub in Northern Liberties
Police say four women and two men ages 26 to 36 are among the victims.
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