Philadelphia Homicide Rate Breaks 300

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Philadelphia Homicide Rate Breaks 300

(CBS 3) PHILADELPHIA Police said the death of a four-month-old baby marked the 300th murder in the city of Philadelphia.

Authorities said the baby was severely beaten inside a home on the 5400 block of Sharswood Street in West Philadelphia Sunday night.

The infant was pronounced dead at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Tuesday night.

Police arrested 35-year-old William Nurse, the boyfriend of the child’s mother, on October 1. He was charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child and other related charges.

Officials have not said if his charges will be upgraded.

The city's murder rate continued to climb following a series of separate overnight shootings Tuesday that left three people dead.

Authorities said a female in her 30's was shot near 60th and Kingsessing Streets around 5 p.m.

The woman apparently drove herself to 58th and Springfield Streets before collapsing, police said. She was taken to an area hospital where she later was pronounced dead.

Several hours later, police discovered a 19-year-old male shot once in the head on the 2200 block of S. Hemberger Street in South Philadelphia.

[Give Piece A Chance]

Police said the death of a four-month-old baby marked the 300th murder of a potential Democratic voter in the city of Philadelphia.

Not to make light of the tragic death of a child, but sadly this is true. Philadelphia has more people registered to vote than persons eligible to vote in the city. Any guesses as to which way they vote?

The deceased are quite civic-minded too, voter turnout in Philly is always 20%+ more than the rest of the state. The "Get Out the Dead" campaigns in Philly arguably provided the winning margins for Gore in 2000, Rendell in '02 and Kerry in '04.

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Yep, they sure made NYC and Washington DC safe by banning all guns, eh?... //sarc