202
Child Shooting Victims in Philadelphia
More than 500 children have been shot in Philadelphia since the beginning of 2015, including a 4-year-old boy who was killed in North Philadelphia on Thursday. Eight out of every 10 victims were 13 or older …
139
Child shooting victims in Philadelphia, Jan. 1, 2015, through Jan. 30, 2020
75
4-year-old boy fatally shot himself on Thursday
27
16
8
8
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
<1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Age
107
103
… and while the number of 13- to 17-year-old shooting victims dipped slightly last year …
87
87
67
… the number of victims 12 and younger
more than doubled.
17
14
8*
8
7
5
2*
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
*Through Jan. 30
SOURCE: Philadelphia Police Department
JOHN DUCHNESKIE / Staff Graphic
Child Shooting Victims
in Philadelphia
202
More than 500 children have been shot in Philadelphia since the beginning of 2015, including a 4-year-old boy who was killed in North Philadelphia on Thursday. Eight out of every 10 victims were 13 or older …
139
Child shooting victims in Philadelphia, Jan. 1, 2015, through Jan. 30, 2020
75
4-year-old boy fatally shot himself on Thursday
27
16
8
8
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
<1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Age
… and while the number of 13- to 17-year-old shooting victims dipped slightly last year …
107
103
87
87
67
8*
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
… the number of victims 12 and younger
more than doubled.
17
14
8
7
5
2*
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
*Through Jan. 30
SOURCE: Philadelphia Police Department
JOHN DUCHNESKIE / Staff Graphic
