386 Homicides in '12 Drive Detroit's Murder Rate to Worst Since 1980s

Published January 6, 2013

386 homicides in '12 drive Detroit's murder rate to worst since 1980s
Detroit — The city's murder rate took a grim leap upward in 2012, with official crime statistics announced the same day a Detroit woman was charged with fatally stabbing her 8-year-old daughter and a cabbie was killed in a double shooting on the city … Read more on The Detroit News

US capital cops urge gun control
WASHINGTON'S police chief has spoken out in favour of tougher US gun laws with statistics showing the homicide rate in the nation's capital at its lowest in half a century. Eighty-eight murders were committed in the District of Columbia in the past … Read more on The Australian