The charges against these suspects run the gamut, but police say they all had ties to illegal firearms.
One of those suspects: Tearya O'Hannon of Dennie Street in Philadelphia. Police say she had no criminal history, but now she is in hot water after being arrested for buying a handgun for a convicted felon.
She is one of nine suspects arrested in the last 24 hours by agents from the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office and the Philadelphia District Attorney's office.
In the last 45 day, the joint task force has busted nearly three doze suspects, and at least half the suspects hauled in were involved in straw purchasing: In other words, buying a weapon for a convicted felon who cannot legally buy one on their own.
"Who are the straw purchasers? They are the girlfriends, they are the children, friends, neighbors. People who are close to these violent criminals and can be easily manipulated into buying the guns," said Attorney General Tom Corbett.
Nearly 800 guns have been seized over the course of three years. In all, 183 individuals have been convicted of straw purchasing and other gun running offenses.
"If we're going to change the fact that Philadelphia leads the nation in the amount of homicides caused by handguns, we're going to have to stop both the supply and the demand for these illegal firearms that have no valid use on our streets," said Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams.
The task force also arrested two more people connected to the killings of two armored car guards in Northeast Philadelphia.
The gunman, Mustafa Ali, was convicted last month. On Thursday, authorities arrested Jayson Lightly of Cobbs Creek, the original owner of the gun, who is now convicted of selling the 9mm handgun to a co-worker, Eric Benson of South Philadelphia. Lighty is already in prison, while Benson is allegedly refusing to tell police to whom he sold the gun.
There is a political element that triggered this parade of suspects. Gov. Ed Rendell, as a belt-tightening measure, wants to cut $2 million from the Philadelphia Task Force budget, a total of 40%.
Corbett, who is running for governor, will fight to get the general assembly to restore the funding.
