Gun Violence

Two men trying to abate the crisis using a mobile app are hosting a festival at FDR Park this weekend in hopes of giving residents a safe space to decompress.

The families' lead attorney said there was "no explanation" for the decision by Remington to seek the records.

Gun rights advocates lauded the new state law — called "constitutional carry" by supporters — for removing what they considered an unfair burden on gun owners.

Jack Stollsteimer said there is a "high probability" that responsive gunfire from police officers is what killed an 8-year-old girl after a Friday night football game.

Philly is bringing in officers from days off, and is adding special patrols and undercover officers in the crowd at the Made in America concert.

A football game between Academy Park and Pennsbury High School had just ended when shots rang out.

Community members shared suggestions at a panel discussion on anti-violence funding.

One man has been sentenced in a 2019 shooting in Kensington that killed a 2-year-old girl in her mother’s arms.

The teen was playing with her brother and two friends when she was shot.

The web app helps sort through the bureaucracy.

Acting N.J. Attorney General Andrew Bruck says state police, with the FBI and ATF, seized two assault rifles and 18 handguns. Among them were eight “ghost guns.”

Grassroots groups that share the goal of keeping students from harm said the city is not tapping them for their input, despite the trust they’ve earned with young people.

The grants, which range in size from $10,000 to $48,400, will go to 10 different community-based groups.

A “perfect storm” of deadly factors helped revive an old nickname for Philadelphia popularized by its detractors — “Killadelphia.”

Since just before midnight Saturday police say 7 people have been shot in separate shootings, leaving four dead.