Monday, October 19, 2009

Homicide update

We've got our daily homicide analysis back up on our web site, and you can see it here. Here is some of the basic information:

Year-to-date homicides:

2009 - 91
2008 - 109
2007 - 84
2006 - 78

2009 homicides cleared: 52 %
Ten cases are being reviewed at the prosecutor's office. If you include those, our 2009 homicide clearance rate is about 63 percent.

And here's a breakdown geographically by patrol division of homicides this year:

Central: 31
Metro: 22
East: 29 North: 0
South: 7
Shoal Creek: 2

If you know anything about any of these homicides, please call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).

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