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In Philadelphia: 12,000 chalk outlines represent annual toll of US gun homicides

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For about 12 hours Saturday, local artist Peter Quinn and a team of volunteers drew thousands of chalk body outlines across all four lanes of John F. Kennedy Boulevard, from 20th Street to 30th Street Station in Philadelphia.

Quinn describes “American Casualties: A Drawing,” as a community art project intended as “a visual image of the devastation of gun violence in America each year.”

Quinn crowd-funded the project, raising more that $8,000 at Kickstarter.com to for chalk, city permits, and to document the project.

Visit “American Casualties: A Drawing” at facebook.com/AmericanCasualtiesDrawing and on Twitter @12000bodies.

Larry Kane interviewed Quinn and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter in advance of the project for CBS3: Artist Transforms Some Of Philadelphia Into Canvas Reflecting Crisis In America.

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Drive-by shooter kills man near prom party in North Philadelphia

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JK 1Police talk with neighbors and gather evidence after a 22-year-old man was shot to death on Jefferson Street near 27th Street at about 7:15 p.m. Friday in North Philadelphia. Photographs for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Joseph Kaczmarek.

JK 2RThe victim was rushed to St. Joseph’s Hospital with a chest wound but pronounced dead a short time later.

Police said that victim was on a dirt bike when a gunman inside a car drove by and opened fire, according to NBC10. Police are reviewing surveillance video from a camera in the neighborhood but no arrests were reported.

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A young couple — My’Eera and Allen — prepared to head for the Gratz High School prom in spite of the grim scene nearby.

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Photos from the investigation: Four people wounded in Wednesday night shooting incident

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Kelly1Police gather evidence and help neighbors get around the crime scene after four people were shot in one incident Wednesday night in Southwest Philadelphia. Photographs for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Tom Kelly IV.

Kelly2LAt least 39 evidence markers covered the street, and police believe that at least 27 shots were fired by the gunman or gunmen involved.

Previously reported:

Slideshow: Photographs from the crime scene by Tom Kelly IV.

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