COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Columbus Division of Police said there have been 54 homicides in the city so far this year, the lowest year-to-date number since 2013.
Community and city leaders said it’s a combination of things, from collaboration to accountability to community outlook. Although this is a positive thing, leaders said there are still four months left in the year, so they are cautiously optimistic.
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“It means our children’s lives were not lost to violence in vain,” Mothers of Murdered Columbus Children founder Malissa Thomas-St.Clair said.
MOMCC has made its mission getting the city’s homicide rate under triple digits. It is a data-driven mission where they use the data to figure out where they are needed most…