Homicides Drop in Albuquerque

AN IMPROVEMENT, BUT STILL CAUSE FOR CONCERN. THAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE FROM ALBUQUERQUE’S HOMICIDE NUMBERS IN 2018. THERE WERE 66 MURDERS DURING THE YEAR…A 12 PERCENT DROP FROM 2017. APD SAYS DETECTIVES CLEARED OR SOLVED 56 PERCENT OF THOSE HOMICIDES.

ACCORDING TO THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL, MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF THE MURDERS WERE GUN-RELATED. AND POLICE SAY MOST OF THE GUNS USED IN THOSE HOMICIDES WERE OBTAINED ILLEGALLY.

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