Page 16 - New Era Magazine Publishing Issue 5

the city has experienced

14 shootings, five of which

became homicides.

that's a major increase

from this time last year. In

2020 the city didn't have

its first homicide until

eight days into the year,

and it didn't have five

until early March.

Detectives say four of the

five homicides involved

people who were gang-

affiliated.