Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) investigators are said to be drowning in unsolved shootings and gun-related murders this year, having closed less than 30% of the firearms-related homicides and an even smaller percentage of the city’s nonfatal shootings, according to a recent report.
More than 230 shooting homicides from 2020 have not been solved as of October, and Philadelphia police have closed less than 30% of the city’s gun-related murders so far this year, NBC 10 Philadelphia reported Thursday.
Police have, however, made arrests in 83 other gun homicide cases. And an estimated 16% of the Pennsylvania city’s 1,300 shootings in which the victims survived have been solved, the outlet further reported.
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