While the Philadelphia Police Department does not normally update its Current Crime Statistics page until ‘normal business hours’ Monday through Friday, we already know that the City of Brotherly Love is picking up where it (never) left off as the new year has turned:

Deadly gun violence carries on as New Year begins

It took less than two hours for eight people to get shot, three of them killed in two separate violent outbursts.

by Barbara Laker | Saturday, January 1, 2022 | 11:00 AM EST

On the streets of Philadelphia, 2022 began where 2021 left off. It took less than two hours for eight people to get shot, three of them killed in two separate violent outbursts.

Police responded to calls for a person shot on Cecil B. Moore Avenue between Wellington and 17th Streets near Temple University at about 1:50 a.m. Saturday. Police found two people who had been shot multiple times. Both were rushed to Temple University Hospital where they died shortly after arrival. Police did not identify the victims.

In addition, three women, also shot at the scene, either walked into Temple Hospital or were taken by car. All three were listed in stable condition, said Police Inspector D F Pace.

All victims were part of a large group gathered to celebrate the new year.

Moore Avenue in that block, the 1600 block, is a commercial street, not residential.

Further down:

Shortly before that shooting, at around 1:30 a.m., 25th District officers received multiple calls about gunshots in the 100 block of East Luray Street near North Front Street in Feltonville. Police found a 33-year-old man who had been shot multiple times in the chest. He was rushed to Temple Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The article noted that, in 2021, “at least 560 people in Philadelphia were murdered, a bigger tally than in more heavily populated cities including New York and Los Angeles.” I will work out the exact homicide rate when I get the final numbers.