JUST IN: The adult son of a Philadelphia police officer was shot at least nine times and killed during an apparent robbery in North Philadelphia Monday morning.
The 23-year-old"was home from school," Pescatore said while not elaborating on where he attended school. Video captured at least some of the deadly incident.
City officials have yet to name the officer's son. No motive has been given for his killing and no arrests were made in the hours after the shooting. This was the latest homicide as Philadelphia deals with an uptick in killings. As of the end of Sunday, there were already"This is a slight increase from terrible to terrible," Krasner said Monday., according to Philadelphia Police Department statistics. Those killings were the most since the city began keeping track in 1960, and they eclipsed the previous record of 500 slayings in 1990.
The city appropriated $155 million to public safety in its last budget, including $16 million for neighborhood-based groups fighting violence., something pushed by both activists and fellow lawmakers as a way to clear red tape and expedite resources to combat the problem. There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia.
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