Since the start of the year, there have been 350 homicides in Philadelphia, up 2 percent from last year, with 319 fatal and 1215 nonfatal shooting victims. The increase coincides with a critical shortage of police officers, due to a crest in retirements and declining recruitment numbers. Now people are turning to God in prayer to stop the killing.
 

 

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