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Shapiro brings back Office of Gun Violence Prevention

Between 2018 and 2022, around 1,600 Pennsylvanians were killed by guns each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
To help drive up ideas that can reduce the death toll, Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order to bring back the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, which was first established in 2019.

By Ben Wasserstein/WITF

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8 teens wounded by gunfire at Philadelphia bus stop

It's the fourth transit shooting in Philly in as many days
By The Associated Press


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