On December 7, 2011, Thomas Ellis, a 23-year-old male, was shot and killed in Philadelphia. His death was part of a troubling trend of escalating gun violence in the city. That year, Philadelphia recorded 324 homicides, a significant number of which, like the Ellis case, involved firearms. The majority of homicides in 2011 were committed with guns, making up 81.5% of all murders in the city. This reflected the broader pattern of violent crime that year, where guns remained the primary weapon of
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