In Colorado’s three largest cities, 2020 was not just a year of pandemic and politics. It was a year of record homicides.
In Denver, Aurora and Colorado Springs, the data tells the same story. Denver saw 95 homicides, the police department said, up from 63 in 2019, according to the Denver Post’s number. Aurora recorded 43, compared to 30 the previous year. Colorado Springs reported 39 homicides, up from 24 in 2019.
The uptick of killings believed associated in part with the COVID-19 pandemic tell a startlingly grim story for domestic violence victims, experts said.
In Denver, according to Police Chief Paul Pazen, aggravated assaults tied to domestic violence jumped more than 40%, totaling more than 1,000 in 2020.
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Following a record-breaking number of homicides last year, violence prevention groups went into communities Saturday going door to door to talk with neighbors about how they can help stop the violence.
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MILWAUKEE â Following a record-breaking number of homicides last year, violence prevention groups went into communities Saturday going door to door to talk with neighbors about how they can help stop the violence. Last year there was an unprecedented level of homicides and non-fatal shootings in the city, said Reggie Moore, director with the City of Milwaukee office
The officer s death will be investigated as a possible homicide under the direction of the D.C. Metropolitan Police, the USCP and federal partners.
Sicknick, a native of East Brunswick, was a 1997 graduate of Middlesex County Vocational Technical High School. In a statement, his brother said Sicknick had wanted to be a police officer his entire life and first joined the New Jersey Air National Guard, where he served during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Desert Shield. While stateside, he was stationed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Burlington County.
Sicknick joined the USCP in 2008 and most recently served in the department s First Responders Unit.
In a statement on Friday, Deputy Inspector of the National Police Rigoberto Rodriguez said rge figure was lower than 2019, when 24 homicides were reported, reports Xinhua news agency.The