PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy will join leadership from New York and Connecticut on Thursday to announce a new initiative to prevent gun violence and enhance public safety.
The multi-state plan comes as deadly gun crimes continue to climb, especially in heavily populated northeastern cities like Philadelphia, Trenton and New York City.
Thursday's 1 p.m. announcement is "introduce a memorandum of understanding" to curb the deadly crimes, according to a release. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESPhiladelphia, the largest city in Pennsylvania with over 1.5M residents, recently surpassed 400 homicides in 2021.