Fewer murders in 2022 after record breaking year of homicides in 2021

Описание: Columbus police have investigated fewer homicides in 2022 compared to the same time last year, when the city saw five homicides within the first six days of 2021.

"When you are constantly changing cases, and short-staffed, it's really hard to plan for the future when you are living in the moment," said Columbus Police Deputy Chief Tim Becker.

The first month of 2022 ended with Columbus recording just nine homicides, compared to January 2021 which ended with 22 people losing their lives to deadly violence.

"We would rather have zero," said Becker, "nine versus 22, is a dramatic decrease."

Becker says fewer homicides in January, giving detectives more time to focus on unsolved cases.

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