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Columbus' Homicide Rate For 2018 So Far Below Last Year's Record Pace

Columbus police say the homicide rate so far this year is 17 percent below the pace that set a record in 2017. 

Homicide detectives have handled 83 cases as of last Wednesday, which is below the number at the same period a year ago. Columbus had 143 homicides for all of 2017. Detectives say there is no clear reason for the decline, and it's still not clear why 2017 was a record-setter. Police officials say they have solved 51 percent of the cases this year, as compared with 43 percent for 2017. 

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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