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As 2020 Ends, Homicide Record Nears For Philadelphia As 2020 Ends, Homicide Record Nears For Philadelphia
As 2020 Ends, Homicide Record Nears For Philadelphia The City of Brotherly Love is perilously close to breaking its record for most homicides in one year, officials say. With two days left in the 2020 calendar year, Philadelphia has recorded 490 murders. The previous highest annual total for homicides was 504 in 1990. The economic downturn associated with the coronavirus is considered a leading factor in the rise in fatal shootings and stabbings in Philadelphia as in many U.S. cities.  Shootings have been going unsolved in Philadelphia and it's been like that for years. Just one in four shootings have led to arrests since 2016, accordin…

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