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City, county and state officials released crime statistics during a press conference Monday at Wayne County’s office in downtown Detroit. They said from Jan. 1 through Nov. 30 there were 228 ...
The Michigan city has tracked an “unprecedented” reduction of homicides as of November 30, down 18% in the first 11 months of 2023 compared to that period last year, according to a joint news ...
As of Nov. 30, Detroit recorded 48 fewer homicides than in 2022. If the year ends without any significant incidents, the Motor City could record its safest year in six decades in terms of homicide.
Detroit: 1930-05-31: Organized crime figure murdered at the Vernor Highway Fish Market Jerry Buckley: Detroit: 1930-07-23: Radio commentator shot and killed after successful campaign to recall Detroit mayor [2] Tony Chebatoris: Midland: 1937-09-29: Bank robber who shot and killed a bystander while trying to escape; also the only man executed in ...
At the end of 2010, the homicide count fell to 308 for the year with an estimated population of just over 700,000, the lowest count and rate since 1967. [9] [10] In 2006, the Detroit Police Department's Crime Analysis Unit reported that crimes dropped by 24 percent since the introduction of casino gaming to Detroit, Michigan. [11]
Detroit had the 2nd highest violent crime rate in the nation in 2015 among cities with a population greater than 50,000. [3] In 2013, with only 7% of the state population, the city of Detroit had 50% of all murders recorded in Michigan. [4] Detroit recorded 295 homicides in 2015 down from the recent high of 386 in 2012. [5]
The homicide of a 7-year-old Houghton boy was solved, finally, after 65 years, authorities said, using forensic DNA testing of a child’s skull, court records and newspaper accounts of the ...
The 19-year-old male suspect, Dontae Smith, was arrested at his house in Detroit. [4] [8] He was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, one count of assault with intent to murder, one count of third-degree animal cruelty, and five counts of felony firearm on August 31. [2]