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Thousands of people have been shot near Philly schools in just the last few years

This week's shooting after a football scrimmage at Roxborough High School fits into a grim pattern.

Philadelphia police vehicles along Ridge Avenue outside Roxborough High School on Wednesday, the morning after a shooting in which one student was killed and four others were wounded after a football scrimmage.
Philadelphia police vehicles along Ridge Avenue outside Roxborough High School on Wednesday, the morning after a shooting in which one student was killed and four others were wounded after a football scrimmage.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer