Before 8 0, 8200 block of stenton avenue and that while the 33yearold man was trying to hold up the pharmacy he ran into a Security Guard that pulled his gun and opened fire inside the store. A police say they were able to find the knife here at the scene. We spun the knife open the ground just outside the store here along with the book bag making it appear the wouldbe robber was trying to leave the store. We know at this hour that he was taken to einstein in Critical Condition again and crime scene unit just arrives here at the scene. Investigators are still trying to piece together exactly what happened inside the store. We are live in west oak lane. Eva pilgrim, for action news at 10 on phl17. All right. Eva. Thank you. And tonight a community is mourning two children killed in tabernacle, Burlington County and it appears the violence happened at the hands of their very own mother this morning. Police discovered the gruesome scene inside a home on the unit block of holly park drive.
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Like most states, Delaware has struggled to effectively police violent crime during the pandemic. In Wilmington, the homicide clearance rate, or how many murders were solved, went down from 67% to 40%. Meanwhile, shootings increased by 50% in 2020.
But the pandemic is not the only difficulty facing those who fight violent crime. Victims and witnesses are reluctant to talk to law enforcement partly because they lack trust in the police to keep them safe. In 2013, a person shot at a group of Wilmington officers in broad daylight, wounding Delaware State Police Cpl. Richard Deskis. There were more than 20 witnesses at the scene, but no one came forward with information about the shooter, even after a substantial cash reward was offered.