On a summer evening in 2013, the life of 27-year-old Ivan Jackson was tragically cut short on the streets of Philadelphia. A Black male, Ivan was found on June 13th, having been shot multiple times. The area where he was discovered had a history of gun violence, a grim reflection of a city grappling with a high homicide rate that year.
The violence that claimed Ivan's life was part of a larger, unsettling trend in Philadelphia. In the first half of 2013, firearms were the weapon of choice
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