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Delaware County cemetery seeing the tragic result of Philadelphia's gun violence crisis

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PHILADELPHIA - A cemetery just outside of Philadelphia is seeing the tragic result of the city's worsening gun violence crisis.

Workers at Friends Southwestern Cemetery in Upper Darby say 90% of new burials are victims of gun violence."I got chills because I’ve been here a lot of times either supporting people or participating in a funeral service," Mustafa Ali told FOX 29.

Friends Southwestern Cemetery, located on Powell Road, is the resting place for several of Ali's family and friends who have been lost to gun violence.

Ali himself could have joined the dead at a young age. He severed a 6-year prison sentence for firearms and was later shot 10 times.

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