The city is on the verge of surpassing 600 shooting deaths by 2021.
Gun violence in Philadelphia continued over the weekend after 11 people were shot dead in a 24-hour period, according to police.
Three people died as a result of the shootings. A ten-year-old boy was among the injured, ABC Philadelphia’s WPVI station reported.
One of the victims was a 34-year-old man who was shot three times in the head and again in the chest on Saturday around 7:30 p.m. in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia.
There have been several shootings in the city in recent months. Hunting Park resident Kareem Singletary told WPVI the shots have been so bad that “people are used to it happening every day.”
Four people were killed and 10 others were injured after several shootings last Monday, WPVI reported.
On March 29, a man working on a video about gun violence was fatally shot, The Associated Press reported. The man was interviewing and filming family members of gun violence victims at a private residence in the city’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood when he was shot several times as he pulled more equipment out of his van, police said.
On March 27, seven people were injured in a shooting outside the Golf & Social club’s sports bar after an altercation inside took place, police said.
Eight people were also injured Feb. 18 after a shooting at SEPTA Broad Street Traffic Station in North Philadelphia, according to the AP.
Federal officials announced Thursday that they are partnering with the Philadelphia Police Department to combat the city’s gun violence epidemic with a “hands on deck” effort.
In 2020, 499 people died as a result of gun violence in Philadelphia, 40% more than in 2019, U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said in a statement. The city is about to surpass 600 shooting deaths by 2021, Williams said, describing it as a “horrible milestone.”
Ahmad Hemingway of ABC News contributed to this report.