Gun Crisis Philadelphia Report of the Day

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• Gun Crisis Solution of the Day: Recommendations from national pediatric professional organizations
• Local media reports: Three dead, four injured after shooting on Las Vagas strip
• Shooter leaves man critically wounded in Strawberry Mansion late Wednesday
• National gun violence update: Four police officers shot; man shoots woman and children in Florida

Gun Crisis Solution of the Day: Recommendations from national pediatric professional organizations Posted: 21 Feb 2013 12:00 PM PST Earlier this week, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published a statement from a group of pediatric emergency and trauma physicians at St. Louis Children’s Hospital: St. Louis Children’s Hospital Since 2002, St. Louis Children’s Hospital has cared for 771 children injured or killed by gunfire; 35 percent were younger than 15. We concur with recent recommendations from more than a dozen national pediatric professional organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, Academic Pediatric Association, and the American College of Surgeons in response to the Newtown school shooting. We called for action in three areas: reinstating and revising the ban on assault weapons and large ammunition magazines; improving quality and availability of mental health services; and reducing the exposure our children have to media violence. In addition, we called for increasing research on the relationship of these factors on the epidemic of death and injury to children caused by firearm violence and for ending restrictions to this research imposed by Congress.

Local media reports: Three dead, four injured after shooting on Las Vagas strip Posted: 21 Feb 2013 09:13 AM PST View as slideshow lvrj.com: Three people were killed and a gunman was on the loose Thursday morning after a shooting involving two luxury cars on the Strip ended with a fiery crash. Three dead after shooting leads to mutli-vehicle accident on Strip Three people are dead this morning after a shooting between two vehicles turned into a deadly multi-vehicle accident near Las Vegas Boule… 00Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Linkedin Share by email Lvrj lasvegassun.com: Gunshots fired from a black Range Rover on the Las Vegas Strip early Thursday caused a Maserati to crash into a taxi, creating a fireball and killing three people as the SUV sped away. Maserati, SUV gunfight causes deadly crash on the Las Vegas Strip A Maserati involved in a gunfight with an SUV on the Las Vegas Strip crashed into a taxi that that burst into flames, leaving three peopl… 00Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Linkedin Share by email Lasvegassun Police activity on Las Vegas Strip near Flamingo Road – www.ktnv.com CREATED 5:01 AM Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) — Las Vegas police are on the scene of an accident and possible shooting near Las Vegas Boulevard … 00Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Linkedin Share by email Ktnv 3 dead in shooting, fiery wreck on Vegas Strip 3 dead in shooting, fiery wreck on Vegas Strip Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2013 9:08 AM EST Updated: Thursday, February 21, 2013 11:46… 00Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Linkedin Share by email Fox5vegas

Shooter leaves man critically wounded in Strawberry Mansion late Wednesday Posted: 21 Feb 2013 06:19 AM PST  Police gather at the crime scene after a 19-year-old man was shot in the chest on the 3100 block of West Arizona Street in the Strawberry Mansion section of Philadelphia just before 11 p.m. Wednesday. Joseph Kaczmarek photographed the scene for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project. Medics rushed the victim to Temple University Hospital, where he was reported in critical condition. Police said they located one fired shell casing on the street. What can we do to stop the shooting in our city? Use the #phillypeaceplan hashtag to share your ideas across social media: http://guncrisis.org/phillypeaceplan/

National gun violence update: Four police officers shot; man shoots woman and children in Florida Posted: 21 Feb 2013 05:42 AM PST [View the story "National gun violence update: Four police officers shot; man shoots woman and children in Florida" on Storify] National gun violence update: Four police officers shot; man shoots woman and children in Florida Two police offices were shot in San Diego on Wednesday and two more were shot in St. Louis. In South Florida, a man shot a woman and her children before killing himself. Storified by #GunCrisis· Thu, Feb 21 2013 05:50:29 Two police offices were shot in San Diego on Wednesday and two more were shot in St. Louis. In South Florida, a man shot a woman and her children before killing himself. WSVN: A mother and her two children are in critical condition after being shot inside their South Florida home. WSVN-TV – Police investigate multiple shootingPolice investigate multiple shooting STLTODAY: Two St. Louis police officers were shot after responding to a call late Wednesday. Two St. Louis police officers shotST. LOUIS * Two St. Louis police officers were shot after responding to a call late Wednesday in the 900 block of Elias Avenue. One offic… UTSANDIEGO: A 10-hour SWAT standoff ended early Thursday when a 22-year-old man who shot two sheriff’s deputies was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his mother’s Encinitas home, sheriff’s officials said. Deputy injured in EncinitasA deputy has been reportedly injured during an incident in Encinitas Wednesday afternoon, sheriff’s officials said. Deputies are respondi…