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Eight people were injured in a Feb. 17 shooting near Olney Transportation Center in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Several members of Philadelphia City Council want to see more funding for anti-violence programs in the next fiscal year and beyond, as the city says gun violence has become the leading cause of death among young Black and Latino men.
Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration is proposing an additional $70 million for anti-violence efforts over the next five years. The money would be used to expand a pair of violence prevention programs, bolster the city’s blight remediation efforts, and launch a transitional jobs program, among other priorities.
Philadelphia police are investigating a double shooting that one teen dead and one man critically injured.
In another homicide, police said a 43-year-old man who was visiting family was shot dead on the 2300 block of North Cleveland Street in North Philadelphia around 10:20 p.m. Monday. When police arrived on location, they found a 43-year-old male laying on the sidewalk. He was shot in the face and multiple times in the left side of his torso, Small said.
He was taken to Temple University Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Chief Inspector Small said detectives found 12 shell casings near where the victim was located.