Ninety-six people died in Denver homicides last year, the highest number recorded since 1981 and a toll that’s left dozens more families devastated by the elevated level of violence that̵…
Ninety-six people died in Denver homicides last year, the highest number recorded since 1981 and a toll that’s left dozens more families devastated by the elevated level of violence that’s ripped through the city over the past two years.
The number of homicides has trended upward since 2014, when the city experienced a record-low number of 31 killings,. Denver recorded 100 homicides in 1981, the highest on record for the city. The per-capita rate of 13 homicides per 100,000 residents last year is the highest since 2004, when the rate was 16 killings per 100,000 — though the current rate still is lower than those recorded in the early 1980s and 1990s.
In one case, a woman is accused of shooting and killing a man she believed was checking the door handle on her relative’s car. In another case, a man allegedly killed another because he thought the victim had stolen a friend’s cellphone. Another man killed a friend after an argument about whether the victim had broken the window on a truck. One suspect allegedly killed his father while experiencing schizophrenic delusions.
“There’s definitely not less domestic violence happening, I can say that with certainty,” Hansen said. The department defines gang-motivated homicides as killings that were done to further the status or finances of a gang, or reflect rivalries between two groups, Clark said. That definition doesn’t include all homicides where a gang member was killed or is suspected of the killing.
The data also shows that 15 homicide victims were experiencing homelessness. Eight suspects were experiencing homelessness, including a man charged with stabbing a Denver Rescue Mission worker.. Beyond homicides, at least 228 people were shot last year but survived their injuries, down 24% from 2020 but slightly above the three-year average of 206.
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