Los Angeles recorded fewer killings and taking pictures victims within the first three weeks of 2022 following a yr wherein the town skilled a 15-year excessive in homicides.
Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore mentioned 26 folks have been killed to date, in comparison with 33 on the identical level final yr, Fox Los Angeles reported.
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Los Angeles Police Division Chief Michel Moore talks throughout a information convention at LAPD headquarters in Los Angeles. (AP Photograph/Marcio Jose Sanchez,File)
“Whereas the numbers are nonetheless stabilizing, I can report that within the first three weeks we’ve got seen considerably of a slowing down of the variety of photographs fired, variety of taking pictures victims and the variety of homicides in comparison with the identical interval final yr,” he informed the board of police commissioners Tuesday.
The numbers had been nonetheless above figures from 2020, when 19 folks had been killed by way of Jan. 22 of that yr, Moore cautioned.
Memorial photograph of LA officer Fernando Arroyos.
(Los Angeles Police Protecting League)
Whereas homicides declined barely, robberies elevated 14%, Moore mentioned. Killings this month included the taking pictures loss of life of Fernando Arroyos, 27, an off-duty police officer killed throughout a theft, and the stabbing loss of life of Brianna Kupfer, a 24-year-old graduate scholar killed whereas working at a high-end furnishings store.
One other consists of the loss of life of 16-year-old Tioni Theus, who died of a gunshot wound to the neck and was discovered lifeless by a freeway.
Tioni Theus, 16, was discovered lifeless by a Los Angeles freeway on Jan. 8. Investigators are nonetheless on the lookout for her killer.
(California Freeway Patrol)
Like many cities, Los Angeles noticed a spike in violent crime final yr with practically 400 killings, making it the deadliest yr for the town since 2007.
Supply: Fox Information
