Sobering lessons for dozens of teens learning the best way to survive or keep a loved one alive, seconds after being shot, while first responders race to the scene.
It is up to everyone to save our streets and so many people are trying, even those who don’t live in Philadelphia, like fraternity brothers and sorority sisters in town for a conference. They spent their day talking to high school students about tackling gun violence.
About 50 teens attended the camp, organized by members of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, who teamed with Philadelphia Police to give young people the skills they need to survive acts of gun violence, with the city recently surpassing 300 homicides this year. Organizers say they started planning the event around the time of the Uvalde, Texas school mass shooting in May.
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