Pennsylvania Senator Vincent Hughes and Representative Joanna McClinton announced $50 million in new grant money across the city to enhance gun violence investigations and prosecution.
$5 million will go to SEPTA, which they plan to use in part for their ZeroEyes pilot program, an artificla intelligence-based gun detection video analytics platform that can alert police within seconds; $20 million to the Gun Violence Task Force within the District Attorney’s Office, and $25 million to the police department’s Office of Forensic Science.
At the Office of Forensic Science, Commissioner Danielle Outlaw says the money will be used to explore a larger facility, purchase more equipment, and hire a much-needed 120 additional forensic science, an effort they plan to start as soon as possible, to increase turnaround time. Police have arrested two juveniles and they are looking for at least one additional person involved, according to officials. Immediately after the shooting, police were able to recover a ghost gun used in the crime.
"It really hurts, bad, really bad, sometimes you can’t believe it," said Avery Bessellieu, the father of Tiffany’s children.
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