D.C. on pace to surpass 200 killings for third year in a row as crime set to hit a 20-year crest

The District of Columbia is on track to top 200 homicides again in 2023, after hitting the grim milestone in 2022 and 2021 — a three-year stretch of deadly violence the city hasn’t seen in two decades.

Killings are up 9% so far this year, according to D.C. police data. It comes as a number of other serious offenses — such as carjackings , sexual assaults and robberies — have contributed to a 10% increase in violent crime overall.

“Right now, there’s no moral compass in the streets — there’s no moral compass anywhere — and that’s the problem that we have in society,” Ronald Moten, a longtime anti-crime activist and gang peacemaker in the District, said during a community meeting in March. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee III will testify Tuesday on Capitol Hill about the federal city’s crime woes.

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