Winnipeg Free Press
It's been a bloody month in Winnipeg, with 11 homicides in just 33 days.
It is a startling number, featuring a crime that is statistically rare, says a local criminologist with decades of experience in the justice system.
"You don’t get very consistent patterns, it can be all over the place, but often it will average out over a year," University of Winnipeg Prof. Michael Weinrath said Wednesday.
He pointed to month-long spates of deadly violence in 2019 as an example of the statistical phenomenon. That year, 44 people were killed in the city, its highest number on record.
Weinrath noted violent crime rates overall were much worse in Winnipeg when he began research 24 years ago. However, homicide rates have consistently gone up.