Fifteen people were killed over Memorial Day weekend as Philadelphia’s unrelenting gun violence crisis continued. From Saturday through Monday, 44 people were shot — a spike that brought the city’s total shooting victims to 917.
It was around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, and her husband and son were expected home any minute from a cousin’s birthday cookout.
Gerald Parks, 37, and his son had been shot multiple times. They died at the hospital a short time later.15 people killed over Memorial Day weekend as Philadelphia’s unrelenting gun violence crisis continued. From Saturday through Monday, 44 people were shot — a spike that brought the city’s total shooting victims to 917, an 8% increase over this time last year, when the city set an annual record for shootings.
There are ongoing disputes between men from Larue and Carver Streets in Wissinoming, Smith said. A red car had been circling the block, he said, and Parks pulled into a parking spot that a vehicle had just pulled out of — potentially taking the place of the intended target. Jamel was a third grader at Mastery Charter Smedley Elementary, where his classmates built a memorial on his desk with Legos and notes Tuesday.
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