Of the dozen cities that have already surpassed the grim milestones for killings, five topped records that were set or tied just last year.
Using research and statistics, experts examine America's history with guns, the real-life impacts of gun violence and what can be done going forward to mitigate the problem.annual homicide records
Chicago, the nation's third-largest city, leads the nation with 739 homicides as of the end of November, up 3% from 2020, according to Chicago Police Department crime data. Chicago's deadliest year remains 1970 when there were 974 homicides. "The community has to get fed up," Capt. Frank Umbrino, of the Rochester Police Department, said at a news conference after the city of just over 200,000 people broke its 30-year-old record on Nov. 11."We're extremely frustrated. It has to stop. I mean, it's worse than a war zone around here lately."
“Nobody’s getting arrested anymore," Boyce said."People are getting picked up for gun possession and they're just let out over and over again." Christopher Herrmann, an assistant professor in the Department of Law & Police Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, said the decrease in arrests could be attributed to the large number of police officers who retired or resigned in 2020 and 2021.Police tape blocks a street where a person was recently shot in a drug related event in in Philadelphia, July 19, 2021.found the retirement rate in police departments nationwide jumped 45% over 2020 and 2021.
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