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A spate of gun violence across the city claimed the lives of seven people and injured 18 over the weekend, making it one of the deadliest stretches of crime in decades, Philadelphia Police Department officials said Monday.
The violence â which included a quintuple shooting, two triple shootings, and three double shootings â pushed the cityâs homicide count as of Monday morning to 185 victims, more than 30% higher than at this time last year, according to department data.
âYou all know it was a pretty horrific weekend. We had a lot of violence. Detectives are working around the clock,â Chief Inspector Frank Vanore, head of the Investigations Bureau, said during an afternoon news conference at police headquarters. âIâve been working here over 31 years. Iâve seen a lot of violence. This is more violence than Iâve ever seen. . So weâre very concerned. We need people to put down the guns.â
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Chief Inspector Frank Vanore lays out the details of a violent weekend in Philadelphia. Twenty-five people were shot in 14 separate incidents. Seven of the victims died. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
It was a deadly weekend in Philadelphia. Between Saturday morning and midnight on Sunday, 25 people were shot in the city and seven were killed.
Police say they still don’t have suspects in most of the 14 separate shootings.
The motives for and circumstances of the shootings varied, and the people who were shot all but three of whom were men ranged in age from 17 to 64. But Homicide Captain Jason Smith says it’s reasonable to assume at least some of the incidents were retribution for previous shootings.