Cam Edwards of Bearing Arms reported that there were more 300 homicides in Los Angeles in 2020. This figure represented the largest increase since 2009. Even worse, the city is on track to surpass these numbers in 2021, as murders continue occuring at a higher rate.
Los Angeles Magazine reported:
In the first four months of 2021, the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center has seen a nearly 87 percent increase in the number of patients experiencing “penetrating trauma,” such as gunshots and stabbings, over the same period in 2020, and that’s only one indicator of an alarming trend, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Data from the Los Angeles Police Department shows that 465 people were shot in the city between January 1 and May 1 this year, a 67 percent jump over 2020, while homicides had already hit 115 on Sunday, an increase of more than 26 percent compared to this time last year.
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