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Mayor says April spike in homicides prompts stepped-up interventions and violence-interruption outreach
Summary
The mayor told council April saw seven homicides — the month’s worst in roughly 2½ years — bringing the year-to-date total to 18 and said the city will step up violence-interruption outreach and community support. Councilmembers pressed for coordinated youth and family supports and announced local safety meetings.
Mayor (speaker 2) told the City Council that while citywide firearm homicides were flat through March, April registered seven homicides — "by far the worst month we've had in the last 2 and a half years" — raising the year-to-date total to 18 and prompting urgent follow-up from administration and council.
The mayor said place-based strategies in the city’s place-network investigation sites continue to produce year-over-year reductions, but the April spike requires stepped-up interventions. "We see the difference here: we had 7 homicides in the month…
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