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CBS News: 'You Either Get Shot, You Die Or Go To Jail': Philadelphia Man Opening Youth Center To Help Kids Get Out Of 'The Game'

6/18/2019

 
As Philadelphia struggles for answers to end the city's surging gun violence, officials are urging residents to look inward for solutions.

One man is doing just that and his youth center is changing lives one at a time. It's a story similar to what too many in Philadelphia have experienced themselves.

"I was shot 11 times in my head, back, leg and arms," Tyrique Glasgow said. "But I didn't feel none of that. It didn't bother me at the time because it was a patch. It was something that you knew was part of what you were into it. It was part of the game, you either get shot, you die or go to jail."

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