An interactive map created by the city controller's office shows the locations of shootings, whether they were fatal, and information about the victims including race, gender and age.
[Ads /]
The tool can also be used to show individual location points show a heat map of violent regions in city.
Controller Rebecca Rhynhart said Philadelphia is in the middle of a gun violence crisis, and this tool was being released to help better understand the trends.
"These victims are more than statistics. As a city, we're failing them, their families, and our communities," said Rhynhart. "My office is committed to transparency and data analysis and our goal is to shine a light on issues that need immediate action."
According to Rhynart, the tools pulls data from the following sources:
[Ads /]
-Total homicides - Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) Crime Stats;
-Shooting victims data - Open Data Philly (maintained by the PPD Statistics Unit); and
-Information on court cases - United Judicial System of Pennsylvania.