PHILADELPHIA - Since Saturday night at least 12 people have been shot in Philadelphia. Four of those victims died from their injuries.
The weekend incidents included two triple shootings and involved men and women of varying ages. As the city's leadership responds to another violent weekend that put the city over 400 homicides so far in 2021, community groups and activists say they need more immediate help.
Rickey Duncan is a Philadelphia anti-gun activist, and like most residents, he has questions. "I'm flabbergasted. I'm upset.
I'm frustrated," Duncan said. He says his NoMo Foundation youth center can only do so much to combat the problems at hand. "I feel like I'm underachieving at this point because there's a lot of work and effort.