Violent crime in DC down 35% since last year, violent carjackings down 55%: DOJ

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Violent crime in DC down 35% since last year, violent carjackings down 55%: DOJ
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Violent crime down 35% in D.C., violent carjackings down by 55%

is down 35% and is on track to be the lowest in 20 years, while carjackings involving firearms are down 55%according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. And carjackings involving firearms are down 55%, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia announced.

When violent crime spiked in 2022, the U.S. Attorney for D.C. "cross staffed" with federal agents and members of the MPD to "support these teams in building federal cases against drivers of gun violence," the U.S. Attorney's office said in a statement on Thursday. "In mid-2023, our Office began announcing a series of prominent federal cases aimed at violent crews engaged in carjackings, shootings, illegal firearms possession, and drug trafficking resulting from these investigations," according to aColin Cloherty, a former federal prosecutor, told ABC News that the office is using a data-driven approach to hold people accountable.

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