I am sick and tired of feeling sick and tired.
#TooManyGuns
Washington Post:
Alex Cherry chatted with Chris Rabb, a Democratic candidate for a seat in the Pennsylvania State House, on Sunday, saying he planned to work the polls in the upcoming election.
Impressed, Rabb and a volunteer encouraged the 21-year-old to join the campaign, Rabb would say later in a statement.
“He was enthusiastic about the political process,” Rabb said.
Then, as Cherry still spoke with the campaign worker, a man came up behind the 21-year-old and shot him in the head, according to Philadelphia Police.
The shooter “walked up and deliberately shot someone with every intent of killing,” said Police Commissioner Richard Ross.
Philadelphia Inquirer;
Alex Cherry died while holding a piece of campaign literature, Rabb campaign manager Chris Visco said.
FOX29:
The execution-style killing of a Philadelphia man who was speaking to a political candidate about volunteering for his campaign led to a retaliatory shooting that left one teenager dead and another wounded, police said late Sunday.
The second shooting took place at approximately 7:30 p.m. about a quarter-mile from the scene of the first shooting. Police said an 18-year-old man was shot in the back and a 17-year-old boy was grazed by a bullet in a drive-by shooting. The 18-year-old was taken to a hospital, where he later died. The 17-year-old was expected to recover.
"I'm somewhat exasperated by this," [Police Commissioner] Ross told reporters Sunday night. "It speaks to what we deal with across this city and [in] cities across the nation, with retaliatory violence, and the manner [in] which particularly young people handle their grief, and their retribution. And it's ridiculous."
Too. Many. Guns.