Maurice Byrd Shot a White Man and Claimed Self-Defense. His Acquittal of Murder Makes Him an Exception. thetrace.org/2025/04/mauric…

Trump's Budget Cuts Reach the Front Lines of Philly's Fight to Reduce Shootings thetrace.org/2025/05/violen…

Can a Greener Philly Reduce Crime? thetrace.org/2025/05/philly…

A Mass Shooting Supercharged Philly’s Summer Youth Safety Plans thetrace.org/2025/05/philly…

Mass Shooting in Philadelphia Part of a July Surge in Violence thetrace.org/2025/07/philad…

Inside a Campaign to Stop Women From Straw Purchasing Guns thetrace.org/2025/07/straw-…

Can Philadelphia’s Youth Curfew Policy Really Prevent Violence? thetrace.org/2025/08/youth-…

 Today the Philadelphia DAO awarded $400,000 in Violence Prevention Microgrants to 21 Local Non-Profit Groups. Since the DAO's Violence Prevention Grant Initiative launched in May 2021, the program has awarded nearly $6 million in microgrant awards.

“Contagious gunfire” from 13 guns caused the July 7 mass shooting that left 3 dead and 9 hurt, Philadelphia police said while announcing the first arrest. “It was something… we’ve never really seen: One person fires a gun and then everyone else contagiously fires,” cops said.

Mass Shooting in Philadelphia Part of a July Surge in Violence thetrace.org/2025/07/philad…

Larry Krasner Takes Aim at Trump’s National Guard Deployment thetrace.org/2025/08/krasne…

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In Philly, Gun Stores Now Must Warn Against Straw Purchasing thetrace.org/2025/09/philly…

How the Gun Industry’s Sales Tactics Fuel Political Violence thetrace.org/2025/07/gun-sa…

Correction: Philly DA Larry Krasner ⁦Philadelphia DAO⁩ was heckled by Republican activists Tuesday after he accused his political opponents of agreeing with Hitler that equality is a “degenerate notion.” He did not call Charlie Kirk a fascist.

Philly DA Krasner said to hecklers Tuesday: “What is happening here is the usual right wing effort to silence people who are trying to organize to preserve their own civil rights. I think the death of Charlie Kirk is awful. I will never justify the death of another human being.”

George Floyd and Charlie Kirk share a birthday : October 14. What could this mean?

Philly Shootings Dropped, but the Same Neighborhoods Suffer Most thetrace.org/2025/09/philad…

War Zone or Reprieve? thephiladelphiacitizen.org/10-years-shoot… via The Philadelphia Citizen

Pennsylvania Cities Ban Ghost Guns Despite Legal Hurdles thetrace.org/2025/10/york-p…