Gov. Wolf unveils gun violence effort, days after Philly shooting

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is directing state police and other agencies under his control to focus greater efforts on addressing gun violence, two days after a gunman shot and wounded six Philadelphia police officers.

The Democratic governor on Friday announced changes that include a new Special Council on Gun Violence, which will have six months to recommend how to reduce mass shootings, domestic violence, suicide and accidental shootings.

Wolf is setting up a new Office of Gun Violence Prevention at the state commission on crime and delinquency.

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He wants state police to expand and support gun buy-back programs and increase monitoring of hate groups and white nationalists.

The governor's office says more than 1,600 people in the state died of gunshot wounds in 2017.