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Philadelphia had more shootings in 2019 and homicides stayed high

More people were shot in the city this year than in any since 2010, according to police statistics, and the homicide total is about level with last year’s decade-long high.

An unidentified Philadelphia police officer ducks under tape at the scene where an 11-year-old boy died after being shot inside a house on Haddington Lane in November.
An unidentified Philadelphia police officer ducks under tape at the scene where an 11-year-old boy died after being shot inside a house on Haddington Lane in November.Read moreDavid Maialetti / File Photograph