#GunCrisis Monthly: July, 2014
Above: Gun violence survivor Ebony Smith and her grandmother Linda Smith watch as police investigate a fatal shooting in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia. Photograph for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Joseph Kaczmarek.
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Gun battle breaks out at hospital complex
Slide show above: Police secure the area following Thursday’s hospital shooting. Photographs for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Tom Kelly IV.
Officials said that a caseworker was shot to death and a psychiatrist was grazed but retuned fire with his own weapon, wounding the suspect Thursday afternoon at Mercy Fitzgerald in Darby, Pennsylvania, according to local media reports.
Fewer shooting victims reported during June in Philadelphia
At the Gun Crisis Reporting Project, we tracked 94 gunshot victims wounded during 85 shooting incidents reported last month in Philadelphia, based on original reporting, media reports, police officials and other sources.
Daily Report: 07.23.14 — Men shot in Kensington, Parkside and Strawberry Mansion
Police search for evidence along Ridge Avenue in Strawberry Mansion after a man was struck by gunfire. Photograph for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Joseph Kaczmarek. The most recent update is at the top of the list below.
Daily Report: 07.22.14 — Shootings in Olney, Powelton and Upper Holmesburg
Police talk with residents who had homes struck by bullets on Kendrick Street. Photograph for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Joseph Kaczmarek.
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Daily Report: 07.21.14 — Shooting victims reported in Harrowgate, Hartranft, Kingsessing and West Philadelphia
Police investigate the shooting scene Monday night in Kingsessing. Photograph for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Joseph Kaczmarek.