Philadelphia Surge in Homicides | City Journal
eye on the news Under the Gun in Philly As murders mount and public pressure grows, city officials continue to look for answers in the wrong places. Public safety In Philadelphia, a 25-year-old Temple University grad was shot and killed last month while walking his dog in the evening. The next day, police apprehended his assailant during an attempted carjacking in another part of the city. The victim, Milan Loncar, was a resident of Brewerytown, a formerly drug- and crime-ridden neighborhood transformed into another “go-to” spot by real estate investors over the last two ...