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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

This Week's Pitch

2011 Killa City Update

Posted by Justin Kendall on Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:00 PM

KCMO had 114 homicide victims in 2011.
  • KCMO had 114 homicide victims in 2011.
Last week’s Pitch cover story looked at homicides in Kansas City, Missouri, across 2011. By the time the issue went to press, the statistics in the story were already outdated.

Kevin Thomason, 37, became victim No. 114 around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 27. Police officers found Thomason mortally wounded in a driveway at East 68th Street and Bales. He was rushed to an area hospital, where he died a short time later. At press time this week, detectives were following up on several leads, though no suspects were in custody.

The final homicide count for 2011 was 114 — the fourth highest figure of the last 10 years. Kansas City police have solved 75 of 2011’s homicides. As of press time, KCMO had yet to experience a homicide in 2012.

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Everyone is making a big deal out of this but it's still way below the record of 153. When the city starts pushing that envelope ok, make a news story out of it.

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Posted by killthemall on 01/04/2012 at 4:20 PM
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