Although Philadelphia has seen a slight improvement in homicides this year, with a 13 percent drop compared to this time last year, District Attorney Larry Krasner and Sheriff Rochelle Bilal are calling on the public for help to identify suspects in unsolved murders, reports for Tom Macdonald reports for WHYY. The two law enforcement officials emphasize that the community must work together with law enforcement to make Philadelphia safe for everyone. Lieutenant Hamilton Marshman of the DA’s homicide and non-fatal shooting unit also urges citizens to act against gun violence as summer approaches and children head outside to play.
“There is no celebration here about how many homicides we have either in Philadelphia or in the United States at this time,” Krasner said during Tuesday’s weekly crime update. “There were in the same period, 115 gun-related incidents, which includes both gun possession cases and crimes committed with guns, 77 arrests were made by law enforcement, resulting in 76 total cases charged.”
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