Crime & Safety
Philadelphia Gun Violence: 20 Students Fatally Shot So Far This School Year
"Twenty school children in Philadelphia that will have no more hopes and dreams," Michelle Kerr-Spry, of Mothers In Charge, said.
April 11, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- It's April and the School District of Philadelphia released alarming numbers Monday.
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Since this school year began, the School District said 100 students have been shot and 20 of them were killed.
"Twenty school children in Philadelphia that will have no more hopes and dreams," Michelle Kerr-Spry, of Mothers In Charge, a violence prevention, education and intervention organization, said. "But there could have been 100 homicides, it is only by luck that there aren't."
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