Searching for answers to the violence

As I sifted through the information from an especially violent weekend in Delaware County, I started to put together the idea for today's front page.

Chester police were investigating five separate shooting incidents from the weekend. Thankfully, none of them were fatal. But the thought I had pretty much is splashed across today's front page.

Chester is a city looking for answers.

Reporter Rick Kauffman talked to police, Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland, and county District Attorney Jack Whelan.

Remember Operation Safe Streets? Rolled out with much fanfare back in May, state police were added to city patrols to beef up the police presence in the city.

Reward funds have been beefed up.

One person actually did come forward with information in one case.

But the shooting has not stopped.

Neither has the search for a solution.

You can read our story here.

And on our editorial page, we join the voices of those seeking answers.

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