Philly's Own Gossip Girl agrees with Police Commissioner Ramsey on this one!
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- Commissioner Ramsey: ‘If more guns made our society safer, then we should be the safest country in the world’
- Police checking surveillance footage after shooting in Harrowgate
- Shooter wounds teen on Parkside Avenue overnight
- Overnight shooting in Olney sends man to surgery
- Police surround the scene after report of gunman in Coatesville
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Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:30 AM PST
Joe Kaczmarek of the Gun Crisis Reporting Project spent a few nights on the streets of Philadelphia recently with a team from the British ITN network. In this first report, ITN interviewed trauma surgeon William Schwab of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey, who said: “If more guns made our society safer, then we should be the safest country in the world. Yet we aren’t.” We will have the second report tomorrow. |
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Posted: 14 Feb 2013 09:55 AM PST
 Police investigate the scene after a 43-year-old man was shot in the area of Kensington Avenue and East Ontario Street in the Harrowgate section of Philadlephia, shortly before 3 a.m. Thursday. Photos for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Tom Kelly IV. The victim reported that he had been shot in front of a Chinese restaurant on Kensington Avenue, according to police. He arrived at Episcopal Hospital in a private vehicle but was transferred to Temple University Hospital, where he was reported in stable condition. Police were checking the Do Do Chinese Restaurant for possible surveillance footage.Shooters wounded three men in less than three hours in separate incidents early Thursday morning. What can we do to stop the shooting in our city? Share your thoughts across social media with the #phillypeaceplan hashtag.  |
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Posted: 14 Feb 2013 07:32 AM PST
 Police investigate the scene after 19-year-old man was shot in the ankle at about 2 a.m. Thursday, in front of the Park Avenue Banquet Hall on the 4900 block of Parkside Avenue in the Parkside section of Philadelphia. Tom Kelly IV was on the scene for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project.The victim arrived at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in a private vehicle, where he was listed in stable condition. At least five shell casings were recovered at the scene. An outbreak of gun violence left three men wounded in the span of less than three hours early Thursday. How can we come together to reduce gun violence in our city? Share your suggestions across social media with the #phillypeaceplan hashtag.  |
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Posted: 14 Feb 2013 06:44 AM PST
 A 24-year-old man was shot once in the lower back just after midnight on the 200 block of West Somerville Avenue in the Olney section of Philadelphia. Tom Kelly IV covered the scene for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project. The victim was rushed to Einstein Medical Center, where police reported he was in critical but stable condition and headed for surgery. A small bag was recovered at the scene, along with a single semi-automatic .357 caliber shell casing. Detectives were investigating.Three men were shot in less than three hours in separate incidents across the city overnight. How can we curb the gunfire in our city? Share your ideas across social media with the #phillypeaceplan hashtag.  |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013 09:04 PM PST
  Coatesville, PA, police officers surround the area after receiving the report of a man brandishing a gun during a disturbance or possible attempted armed robbery Wednesday night. Tom Kelly IV photographed the incident for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project.After a two-hour standoff, officers escorted a woman from the scene, below, before searching a home but did not find the reported gunman inside.  |
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