#GunCrisis: Philadelphia Week in Review

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Jim MacMillan

Latia Jones and Rodney Ramseur Jr. Vigil

Alvita Davis, left, and Nicole Hyman, mothers of murder victims Latia Jones and Rodney Ramseur, Jr., release balloons during a vigil Tuesday night in Olney. Photograph for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Joseph Kaczmarek.

Photos by Tom Kelly IV Philadelphia Police investigate a quadruple shooting in the 2600 block of Daggett Street in the Elmwood section of Southwest Philadelphia, that occurred Wednesday night May 15, 2013. Three people were wounded on the block, numerous homes and cars were struck by gunfire as well. According to police at the scene a woman in the 6500 block of Buist Ave. was struck in the head as an innocent bystander in the second floor of her home. All the victims were taken by police to HUP. At least 39 evidence markers, littered the street, and police believe at least 27 shots were fired, by the gunman or gunmen. Crime Scene investigators worked well into Thursday morning to collect and document all of the evidence at the scene.

Evidence marks cover the scene where four people were shot in one incident Wednesday night in Southwest Philadelphia. Photograph for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Tom Kelly IV.

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#GunCrisis: Philadelphia Week in Review

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Jim MacMillan

Philadelphia Police investigators collect evidence at the scene after a taxi driver was shot to death at about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday near the intersection of West Walnut Street and Cobbs Creek Parkway in West Philadelphia. Photographs for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Tom Kelly IV.

Police investigate after a taxi driver was shot to death last week in West Philadelphia. Photograph for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Tom Kelly IV.

Akron Street Shooting Victim

Medics wheel a wounded man to an awaiting ambulance after he was shot on the 5100 block of Akron Street in the Frankford section of Philadelphia Thursday night. Photograph for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Joseph Kaczmarek.

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#GunCrisis: Philadelphia Week in Review

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Jim MacMillan

Leonard Street Homicide

Neighbors watch as police gather evidence after fatal shooting in the Mayfair section of Northeast Philadelphia Monday night. Photographs for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Joseph Kaczmarek.

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Lynsay Fox, widow of slain Plymouth Township, Pa., Officer Brad Fox, is comforted by after unveiling a memorial plaque during the annual Montgomery County Police Officer memorial Ceremony last week in Norristown. Photograph for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Tom Kelly IV.

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