In a country as full of guns as this one, blood-soaked and callous as we’ve become – we tell ourselves lies in order to get by day by day and keep reality at bay.
“That’s the bad part of town.”
“What were they doing out at 3am?”
These and other similar lies reveal the depth of our internalized racism and the shallowness of our empathy. We may never utter these lies out loud and yet they are always with us, shadow passengers.
A senior vice president at WSFS Bank died overnight after being shot Tuesday while driving in the 600 block of N. Washington St. in Wilmington, multiple sources confirmed Friday.
Carrie Mondell, senior vice president and director of operational risk management at WSFS, was shot three blocks from the bank’s corporate headquarters at 500 Delaware Ave. Sources with knowledge of the Tuesday evening incident said she was on her way home when she was struck by a stray bullet.
Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki released a statement Friday afternoon condemning the “senseless” violence.
“After a year of the lowest amount of violent crime in recent memory, this latest shooting incident is another painful reminder of how much work lies before us to reduce the gun violence that has gripped our nation,” Purzycki said. “We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to apprehend the perpetrators of these senseless crimes caused by illegal gun use and remove them once and for all from our streets and neighborhoods. While it is no solace to the grieving families, I am confident that by employing best strategies we will continue to reduce the scourge of violence in our city.”