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Challenges remain, but the decline in gun violence is reason to celebrate | Editorial

After three years of record gun violence, shootings have plunged this year to levels not seen in nearly two decades.

The crime scene unit investigates the scene of a shooting on the 1000 block of South 51st Street near Warrington Avenue in May. Fewer than 100 people have been shot in each of the last seven months, the first time that’s happened in a decade, according to an Inquirer analysis.
The crime scene unit investigates the scene of a shooting on the 1000 block of South 51st Street near Warrington Avenue in May. Fewer than 100 people have been shot in each of the last seven months, the first time that’s happened in a decade, according to an Inquirer analysis.Read moreCharles Fox / Staff Photographer