The others involved in the shooting aren't in custody.Īccording to Philadelphia police, the city has seen a 36% increase in gun violence this year over last year. One of the men involved in the shooting, Christopher Linder, 27, was arrested and charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault, and now faces murder charges, the district attorney's office said. The boy was sitting on his porch Saturday when he was shot. Police spokesman Inspector Sekou Kinebrew said Zamar Jones died Monday. In Philadelphia, a 7-year-old shot in the head over the weekend during a shootout between three men in front of his home later died of his injuries. It was not immediately clear exactly how many children were homicide victims this year in Ohio, but in Columbus alone, the total stands at 13. And on Sunday, a 1-year-old was killed in Akron and two adults wounded when someone opened fire on a home.
In Ohio, in little more than a week: A 14-year-old boy in Columbus died on July 25 when he was shot while riding a scooter An infant was killed and his twin brother wounded when someone fired shots into their home on July 22. But every day headlines around the country tell story after story of children dying while doing nothing more than being children. Just how many of the year's victims are children is difficult to say. After recording 25 homicides in the first seven months of 2019, Boston had 35 during the same period this year. Of this year's total number of homicides, 23, or nearly a third, were recorded in July alone. In Atlanta, the totals are lower but the surge is apparent: 76 homicides so far this year compared to 56 for the first seven months of 2019. In New York City, there have been 237 homicides in 2020 compared to 181 for the same period last year. His death underscores a surge in gun violence in the the United States that has been building all year. 'Now, instead of planning for his future, Janari's parents are arranging for their child's funeral.' playing with friends on a warm summer evening just outside his front door,' said Brown. 'Nine years old, (he) was shot and killed while doing what every child in our city should able to do without a second thought. This time, the story was about Janari Ricks. On Monday, two days after his department released statistics that revealed the month had been one of the deadliest in the history of the city, Police Superintendent David Brown repeated what has become a grim ritual of recounting the death of a child. CHICAGO (AP) " July in Chicago ended as it began: Mourning the death of a child whose only mistake was venturing outside to play when someone armed with a gun came to the neighborhood hunting for an enemy.
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