It also has some of the highest poverty rates in the city and a high crime rate.Ĭollington's murder was the sixth shooting death in the span of a week in the city plagued with gun violence. His apartment is located in an area nicknamed The Philadelphia Badlands - a section of North and Northeast Philadelphia that is notorious for open-air recreational drug markets and drug-related violence. Samuel Collington, a 21-year old political science student months away from graduation, was shot dead around 1.32 pm in an attempted robbery outside 2252 North Park Avenue, in North Philadelphia, as he unloaded his car after returning to his apartment from Thanksgiving at his parents' house in Delaware County. Published: 19:33 GMT, 29 November 2021 | Updated: 01:05 GMT, 30 November 2021Ī Temple University senior was shot dead outside his off-campus Philadelphia apartment on Sunday as he returned home from spending Thanksgiving with his family. Temple University has upped their security detail and launched a number of new initiative in an attempt to protect students amid the crime surge.Outlaw said in September that she and Krasner 'just don’t agree' on whether prioritizing gun and drug prosecutions would reduce violent crime in the city.The record comes as Philadelphia's district attorney, Larry Krasner, has been scrutinized for his lax approach to gun violence.
it carries a weight that is almost impossible to truly comprehend,' said Commissioner Danielle Outlaw 'For our City to have reached such a tragic milestone.His death brought Philadelphia's 2021 death toll to 506 as of Monday, breaking the city's all time record of 500 deaths in 1990.Temple University student Sam Collington, 21, was shot dead in an attempted robbery outside his apartment as he unloaded his car on Sunday.Temple University student, 21, is shot dead in daylight armed robbery as he unloaded car outside Philly apartment after visiting his parents for Thanksgiving