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By Gina Christian • Posted April 8, 2021
Philadelphia’s soaring rates of homicide and gun violence are down to deep-rooted causes – and the solution ultimately lies in the hope offered by the Gospel, along with concrete action, say several archdiocesan clergy.
Since January, the city has seen a 33% increase in homicides over 2020, with at least 129 victims. As of April 6, there were 96 fatal shootings, with another 418 nonfatal gun attacks.
Last year was its own grim milestone, marking a 30-year high in Philadelphia’s murder rate, and exceeding the 2019 homicide total by 40%.
Those wounded or killed have included pregnant women and children as young as 11 months. One 55-year-old man, a member of a video production team, was shot dead March 31 in the city’s Strawberry Mansion section while filming an anti-violence documentary for Netflix.
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The body of a pregnant woman reported missing out of Delaware County in late March was found Monday in Philadelphia, according to several news reports.
Dianna Brice who was four-and-a-half months along in her pregnancy was found dead around 11 p.m. in a wooded area at 58th Street and Eastwick Avenue,
Brice was last seen leaving the K Laundry laundromat on Church Lane in Lansdowne, with her mom, Betty Cellini.
At around 1 p.m., Brice met up with her 23-year-old boyfriend, Justin Smith, to pick up her medication at a Kensington pharmacy, Cellini
Brice told her mom she d head straight home and meet here there but the 21-year-old never made it home.
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About 80% of all traffic deaths and severe injuries occur on High Injury Network roads, which account for just 12% of city streets.
A Streets Department spokesperson explained that the High Injury Network s mapping methodology no longer includes the Fishtown intersection, but it remains eligible for the city s Modern Roundabout Program due to an analysis of crash data.
The intersection was selected for the program in 2014 based on five-year crash data that showed 10 reportable crashes between 2009 and 2013.
The project will entail the removal of existing traffic signals, installation of new street lighting, curb line reconfigurations and islands for the new roundabout traffic pattern. New signing, line striping and upgraded curb ramps also will be necessary.
Laura Sims Skate House : 1st ice skating rink built in the US for an urban community continues its journey in West Philadelphia
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This 36-year-old building shares a special journey that expands much further than ice skating. When the rink originally opened, it was called the Cobbs Creek Skate House and Cobbs Creek Parkway, said Cassandra Campbell-Ukaha, who is the assistant recreation leader at Laura Simms Skate House. Now it s named after Laura Sims, who fought hard to get this skating rink here. She wanted African-American children to be able to enjoy the sport of ice skating, without having to travel way out of their neighborhoods.