"My wife was crying upset because her window was blown out, and then we came outside and looked and started walking down the street," he recalled. "We got one window blown out, but some people got all their windows blown out."Neighbors said they do not believe anything was stolen from the cars that were hit.
The 6abc Data Journalism Team found reports of vandalism increased by 25% across the city of Philadelphia in the past year. Citywide, there have been 16,916 incidents in the last 12 months. In the Philadelphia police's 2nd District, where these cars were damaged, the data team found incidents of vandalism are up by nearly twice as much as the citywide increase. There have been 942 incidents in that district in the last 12 months, up 46% from 647 incidents in the previous 12 months.Copyright © 2023 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.