Gun Violence

Calling it “incredibly successful,” N.J. Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck announced that another gun buyback event will take place in October.

The goal is to give the teens, several of whom have criminal records, the knowledge and skills to go into business for themselves or join the city’s building trades unions.

Philly activist Jamal Johnson wants Mayor Jim Kenney to do more to fight gun violence. He’s hoping he can get Congress to help him put some pressure on the mayor.

A summer program — Kicks Up, Guns Down — has this goal: to show kids there are better ways to handle conflict than shooting someone.

While there is limited evidence they help prevent shootings, N.J.’s acting attorney general says the buyback events are part of a broader strategy to address gun violence.

Even activists and city leaders paying close attention to Philadelphia’s gun violence prevention efforts say they don’t know specifics about how funds are being spent.

The Anti-Violence Community Partnership program will announce its first recipients in early September.

Police spread out across Philadelphia to join with residents for National Night Out events with the goal of fighting crime.

The message directed at Mayor Jim Kenney was a simple one: Do more to address shootings, which predominantly affect communities of color, or get out of the way.

A July 30 deadline for Mayor Kenney to present a more detailed plan to stop gun violence in 14 hard-hit zip codes came and went. Now, he has a new deadline.

The Healing in the Hood basketball tournament will be held at Kingsessing Rec Center Sunday.

“Operation Priority Takedown” was initiated amid a historic surge in gun violence in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia has been in a gun violence crisis for a long time, but the number of shootings in the city since the beginning of the pandemic is staggeringly high.

Philadelphia is planning to add $20 million to anti-violence efforts, targeting small groups who have not received funding in the past.

Robert Aaron Long, 22, still faces the death penalty in the four other deaths, which are being prosecuted in a different county.