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Baltimore spike in shootings and murders in 2015
Posted by: MattW (a.k.a del_RGV_MattW) on Nov 02, 13:49
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/murder-rates-dont-tell-us-everything-about-gun-violence/
After Freddie Gray incident became known the end of April there was a massive spike in shootings (and murders), and despite slowing down the end of summer, "there were still more shooting incidents in September than there were in any months from 2010 to 2014"
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/31/baltimore-homicides-worst-in-40-years/28284839/
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-sun-investigates-homicides-20151031-story.html
May and July among worst months for murders for the city ever, and this is the first year to top 300 murders since 1999.