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.

Troy Bailey was convicted of third-degree murder and other offenses in May for fatally shooting Michelle “Tamika” Washington.

The shooting occurred while the gunman and victim were in line at the famous cheesesteak shop.

A group of activists, state lawmakers, and City Councilmembers say the mayor has until July 30 to address eight proposals to deal with the city’s historic surge in gun violenc

Semantics aside, the city still hasn’t set a timeline for distributing its new anti-violence grants.

Kenney launched his bi-weekly gun violence update by doubling down on his refusal to declare a citywide emergency, arguing it would not help stem the bloodshed.