However, Mayor Jim Kenney twice declined to issue an emergency declaration on gun violence, something pushed by both activists and fellow lawmakers as a way to clear red tape and expedite resources to combat the problem.
The city appropriated $155 million to public safety in its last budget, including $16 million for neighborhood-based groups fighting violence. Those killings were the most since the city began keeping track in 1960, and they eclipsed the previous record of 500 slayings in 1990. "This is a slight increase from terrible to terrible," Krasner said Monday.Ī total of 562 people were killed in the city in 2021, according to Philadelphia Police Department statistics. As of the end of Sunday, there were already at least 37 homicides in Philadelphia in 2022, up 3% from the same date last year. This was the latest homicide as Philadelphia deals with an uptick in killings. Hill's childhood friend, Shaka Toney, a Philly native and defensive end with the Washington Football Team, also stood by Ferguson as she spoke. I'm begging you."įerguson also said her son was expecting a daughter in two months.
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My son had a license to carry and a legal firearm," she said.įerguson urged friends and family members to not seek vengeance on her son's killers and instead to let police bring them to justice. He went online and like everybody else, he got sidetracked," she said.įerguson said her son then worked fulltime at Vision Quest in New Castle, Delaware, to mentor troubled teenagers. "He was two semesters shy from having his Bachelor's Degree. His friends and family was there but his mother couldn't get to him fast enough," she said.įerguson said her son graduated from West Catholic in West Philadelphia in 2016 and went to North Carolina and Kansas to play football before attending Cheyney University in Cheyney, Pennsylvania. Quote: Originally Posted by The Mysterious. I just wish wed get some more information on this darn case. I dont want to believe this woman had her kids father killed. She was vacationing in the Poconos when she received a phone call informing her of his death. hollygrove Beset by 2 shootings, One Fatal: 17-year-Old hit While riding his Bicycle, New Orleans Times-Picayune, aug. Harvard-educated professor was ambushed and shot dead in his garage (killers, case) User Name. Ferguson said her son was set to turn 24 in two weeks.
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