Two people were killed in Philadelphia on Sept. 25, pushing the city’s total number of homicide victims in 2021 past 400, a milestone that has only been surpassed once since 2007. Two men, ages 35 and 28, were shot multiple times in South Philadelphia at about 9:30 p.m., according to CBS Phily, citing the Philadelphia Police Department. Both were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where the younger man died of injuries sustained in the shooting and the 35-year-old is in critical condition. Another shooting that took place about an hour later left a 39-year-old man dead and two other people injured, police said. “I am heartbroken and outraged that we’ve lost over 400 Philadelphians to preventable violence already this year,” Mayor Jim Kenney said in a statement released to Philadelphia Inquirer. “I want all residents to know that our administration takes this crisis very seriously and we’re acting with urgency …
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