TopDownRiskBased t1_j2farv9 wrote
Reply to comment by Pure_Contact5891 in DC's murder rate has -11% YoY change from 2021. Wanted to post this for some more positive news around crime, since negative news tends to dominate this space. by donemessedup123
>when crimes like a motor vehicle theft where the owner of the vehicle gets run over and killed in the process, is filed as property theft, not a violent crime
Does this actually happen? In this situation the carjacking is guilty of murder, the death would be recorded as homicide, and I'm pretty confident this would be counted as a murder in our crime statistics.
Pure_Contact5891 t1_j2fban7 wrote
That's in reference to the incident on Vernon Street NW in March, CCN 22032803.
TopDownRiskBased t1_j2fhc42 wrote
Oh hmm that is strange. Wonder what's up with that.
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