RISING CRIME: DA Larry Krasner sat down with FOX 29 to discuss rising crime in Philadelphia and his battle with the perception many have that he is soft on crime.
FOX 29's Jeff Cole sat down with District Attorney Larry Krasner to speak about the rising gun violence in Philadelphia.Cold weather is ending as spring begins, but the gun violence in the City of Philadelphia is far from seasonal. FOX 29's Jeff Cole sat down with District Attorney Larry Krasner for a candid conversation about what his office is doing to address the rising gun violence and the responsibility to keep the streets safe.
"The truth is I don't know, but I will say this. From the beginning, what we have seen is that it was about 1.5 homicides per day in Philadelphia during the period of the pandemic," he said. Right now, we're very close to where we were last year. I mean the terrible news, we're close to where we were last year. The good news, we aren't twice as high.
"The notion that the way you're going to solve shootings is arresting people for guns is missing the point," he said. "The way you solve shootings is arrest people for shootings. The way you solve homicides by gun is by solving homicides by gun."
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