Philadelphia’s new police chief has a challenging agenda ahead that includes addressing the city’s rising homicide rate.

Two shooting deaths Tuesday make 2019 the city’s deadliest year in a decade. Police say one man was fatally shot near Temple University Hospital and another in the Hunting Park section.

Police have tallied 355 slayings this year, two more than 2018. But those figures are higher than the approximately 250 to 275 homicides the city posted annually from 2013 to 2016.

Police say they've made arrests this year in just over half the homicide cases.

Separately, they say more than 1,450 people were shot in the city this year.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced Monday that he’d selected Police Chief Danielle Outlaw of Portland, Oregon, to lead the 6,500-member force.

Outlaw says she's prepared for the challenge and calls gun violence a top priority.

Philadelphia, with about 1.5 million people, has more homicides than New York City, which has five times as many people but stricter gun laws.

Note: This story has been updated from an earlier version. A second homicide was reported Tuesday, pushing the city’s total for the year to 355.

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