Shootings, Homicide Rate Dropping In Philadelphia, New Gun Violence Report Shows

By Nikki DeMentri and Casey Kuhn, CBS Philadelphia

November 30, 2023

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Shootings are down and Philadelphia's homicide rate is dropping faster than the national rate, the city's latest gun violence prevention progress report, released Wednesday, said.

Hope is the word two Philadelphia community activists used to describe what the report means to them. They feel it's just the beginning of what could be if the commitment continues.

"The job's not done," NoMo executive director Rickey Duncan said.

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