Philadelphia police are investigating more than 20 shooting incidents that took place over the holiday weekend in Philadelphia.
Hughes moved away from Philadelphia for 30 years, but the pandemic and family brought her home. She's back living in the same home she lived as a child.
"I never thought about what I was moving into because I remember what I moved away from. It was good," said Hughes. "It's a drastic and big change. Big change from 30 years ago." In the past three days, her Kingsessing neighborhood has seen three shootings, one of which was fatal., two people were killed and four others were wounded in a shooting early Monday morning.In a tweet, Mayor Jim Kenney called the violence "devastating and unacceptable."
"The amount of violent incidents over this holiday weekend is devastating and unacceptable. Philadelphians deserve to be safe in their communities. My deepest sympathies go out to all those affected by this senseless violence, especially families that have lost loved ones," the tweet said.Around this time last year, 361 homicides were recorded. And at this point in 2020, 309 people were killed.
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