OXFORD CIRCLE - Another violent week ends in Philadelphia, with at least five people killed and nearly two dozen hurt over the past couple of days.
The shootings have left community members searching for answers.A peace rally was held Friday evening for a local activist recently shot during a carjacking.
Family, friends and supporting community activists are rallying around 27-year-old Raheem Bell, shot in the stomach during a carjacking last Sunday morning."It’s very hard.
It’s very difficult, by the grace of God, we are making it through," Bell’s aunt, Tanya, said.Two of his aunts spoke on behalf of his family on the 1400 block of East Chelten Avenue in the Northeast, near where the carjacking and shooting took place.Bell’s Aunt Tanya, who didn’t want to give her last name, says they are lucky to still have Bell with them.