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‘Silence, and then screams’: Panic and numbness amid Labor Day weekend shootings in Philadelphia

The unofficial end of summer didn't slow a record year of gun violence. Between Friday and Sunday, at least 13 people were shot in Philadelphia, two fatally.

Police investigate a double shooting on the 1500 block of South Cleveland St., Friday, September 3rd.
Police investigate a double shooting on the 1500 block of South Cleveland St., Friday, September 3rd.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer