In the first half of the year, there were 181 homicides in the city of Los Angeles, the highest number in the past 15 years, according to data released by a nonprofit news organization.
According to Crosstown at USC, a nonprofit news organization based at the USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, there were 178 homicides in the city during the first six months of 2021.
Crosstown's report noted that killings tend to spike in the summer, with 48 homicides recorded in July of last year. More than 75% of the homicides so far this year involved some type of firearm, according to Crosstown.
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