Philadelphia is the new Wild West — how do we stop the gunfights at the ‘Pa. Corral?’

In the Feb. 28 edition of the Philadelphia Daily News, it was reported that Philadelphia has the worst crime rate of any big city in America.
“You can bend and twist the numbers any way you like, but there's no getting around this sobering truth: Philadelphia is the most murder-plagued big city in the country,” said Daily News reporter David Gambacorta in his article.
According to homicide totals so far this year, Philadelphia, with a population of about 1.5 million, has had 60 murders as of Feb. 28. Compared to other cities like New York, with a population of 8 million, and a murder rate of only 51 as of Feb. 28, per capita, Philadelphia looks like a meat grinder. How can the city stop the violence? More police on the street? Stop and frisk police maneuvers? Harsher penalties for illegal firearm violations?
I don’t know if there is one solution, but something needs to be done, and Mayor John Street doesn’t seem to be the man to do it.
Hopefully, in the upcoming election, the city will find a mayor with more ideas and the ability to clean the crime from the street and the corruption from City Hall.