Latest Spate Of Killing Boosted Kansas City Homicide Count By 20 Percent

It's worth reminding locals that we're on a horrible pace for murders this year. 

Tragically historic actually . . .

Consider that the current KCMO murder count stands at 46 compared to 44 in 2020 & 2021 . . . The deadliest & 2nd deadliest years for local murders ever recorded in KCMO history respectively.

Check the latest update from KCPD . . .

Now, here's an apt summary of the carnage . . .

It started with four homicides within a 24 hour period and ended with police investigating a total of nine homicides.

The investigations include the homicide of a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed in a bathroom at Northeast Middle School. One of his classmates is charged with his death.

According to the Kansas City Police Department, there have been 46 homicides in Kansas City, Missouri, in 2022. That means nearly 20% of the city's homicides this year happened in a single week.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

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