Have you heard of Philadelphia’s Crime Scene Clean Up Program? After a shooting, families and neighbors were often left behind to clean up blood and biohazards themselves. Now, the city sends professional cleanup crews to handle it. They remove blood, debris, and other traumatic remnants so communities can focus on healing, not cleanup. It’s a quiet program making a real impact across Philadelphia.” | Philly Crime Update

Twenty-five years ago, Philadelphia was shaken by one of its deadliest mass shootings. On December twenty-eighth, two thousand, seven people were murdered inside an abandoned rowhouse on North Lex Street in West Philadelphia. The victims were Alfred Goodwin. Samuel “Malik” Harris Junior. George “Jig” Porter. Edward Sudler. Ronette Abrams. Calvin “C.J.” Helton Junior. And Tyrone Long Junior. Three others were shot and survived. Early reports suggested the massacre was drug-related because of the