Parker’s meeting came at the end of what may have been the most challenging and violent week the city has seen since she took office in January, with 11 students shot.
On her first day in office, Mayor Cherelle Parker signed an executive order declaring a citywide public safety emergency. On Friday, she called on dozens of city leaders to come to City Hall to discuss the recent spate of gun violence.summoned dozens of elected officials, law enforcement leaders, union officers, and advocates to attend a closed-door meeting about gun violence Friday following a spate of shootings this week that left 11 students shot.
Parker said after the meeting that it was important the gathering took place in private so “there was nobody to perform for.” She said she was inspired by the students who attended, including a 15-year-old who said he told the room the city needs to do a better job helping parents secure access to jobs and housing.
Over the last five days, gunfire erupted on or near a SEPTA bus four times. On Monday, five people were shot at a bus stop in the city’s Ogontz section,Investigators are still trying to piece together the crimes and are probing whether the two high-profile shootings were connected. Philadelphia Commissioner Kevin J. Bethel said the investigations are progressing, but the shooters in both cases remain at large.
But Parker campaigned on bringing an end to public displays of disaffection and, since taking office, has made her mantra: “One Philly, united city.”and Managing Director Adam K. Thiel with developing a crime abatement plan by her 100th day in office, which falls in early April.
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