Series Of Sunday Shootings Bookends Another Violent Weekend In Philadelphia That Sees More Than 30 Victims
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) It’s been another violent weekend in Philadelphia with more than 30 shooting victims, including nine after 2:30 p.m. Sunday. This comes after the city surpassed 300 homicides Friday.
A series of shootings on Sunday has left nine people injured, including three teenagers.
On the 1600 block of West Seltzer Street in North Philadelphia around 5:30 p.m., police said a 34-year-old man was shot several times throughout his body. He was taken to Temple University Hospital and placed in critical condition, according to police. There have been no arrests.
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Makayla Coleman, 15 (left), and her brother Devon Hester, 13 (right), have been tapped for their opinions about city planning and civics. Philadelphia is targeting the Gen Z’ers for more government and civic participation. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Devon Hester, 13, is ready to share all of his opinions with city government. He’s been practicing.
For the last 12 months, he’s been rapping about everything from police brutality to food insecurity, spitting about change and marching downtown.
Hester, a student at Wissahickon Charter School at the Awbury Campus, said as he grows up, he’s become more aware of problems in the city and racism in particular. Music has been his primary means of expression but after a year of protest and a pandemic that kept him at home, away from friends and his school, he wants to take his ideas directly to people in a position to make change.