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Philadelphia journalist who advocated for homeless and LGBTQ+ communities shot and killed at home (apnews.com)

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A journalist and advocate who rose from homelessness and addiction to serve as a spokesperson for Philadelphia’s most vulnerable was shot and killed at his home early Monday, police said.

Josh Kruger, 39, was shot seven times at about 1:30 a.m. and collapsed in the street after seeking help, police said. He was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time later. Police believe the door to his Point Breeze home was unlocked or the shooter knew how to get in, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. No arrests have been made and no weapons have been recovered, they said.

Authorities haven’t spoken publicly about the circumstances surrounding the killing.

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[-] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago

Asshats like you certainly don’t help the Lou be better, you’re welcome to stay away forever while we enjoy our T-ravs

[+] BombOmOm@lemmy.world -20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

How dare one not want to live somewhere because of... checks statement... high crime rates.

[-] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

The crime rates are only the downtown city of St. Louis which due to STL’s unique political city/county split makes it an inaccurate comparison to every other city in the nation. Combine our county of city of St. Louis and St. Louis county together, and we’re not as bad as everyone makes us out to be. Every other city gets to use their full city metro area, both they love using St. Louis as a boogeyman because we’re split differently and they can count only the city downtown area for crime

[-] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Every other city gets to use their full city metro area

Atlanta doesn't. The city limits only include about 1/10 the population of the metro area.

I don't mean to diminish your point, but rather just to mention that we've got some of the same sorts of statistical anomalies, too.

[-] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Every other city gets to use their full city metro area, both they love using St. Louis as a boogeyman because we’re split differently and they can count only the city downtown area for crime

Says who? I checked the FBI crime statistics. and they have rows for the STL MSA for 2016, 2017, and 2018, though not in the latest one from 2019, probably because they didn't report the numbers to the FBI.

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s

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