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Philadelphia Domestic Violence Cases See ‘Significant Increase,’ Especially Involving Guns

Gibson Hurst
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Philadelphia has seen a "significant increase" in domestic violence, especially incidents involving guns. Philadelphia City Council heard about the problem in a hearing last week. WHYY's Tom MacDonald reports.

(Original air-date: 3/15/22)

WHYY reporter Tom MacDonald is a lifelong Philadelphia-area resident who has worked in the region since the mid-1980s. Tom started in commercial radio covering the MOVE standoff with police for WFIL-AM. He was also City Hall Bureau Chief, covering government and politics for more than a decade, for WWDB-FM.