Murder epidemic in Philadelphia - 2007

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Over the weekend, at least nine people were murdered in Philadelphia, raising the city's homicide total to 125 as of late Sunday afternoon. On Saturday, family and friends of Leon Blackwell gathered at Kingsessing Recreation Center in Southwest Philadelphia to hold a memorial for the 19-year-old, who was shot at the center nine days earlier. He was shot twice in the head and once in the neck by a 16-year-old over what police say was an argument about a small amount of marijuana. The shooting occurred at 4:30 p.m. on April 12. He died two days later in the hospital.