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Homicides increased nearly 12% and nonfatal shootings were up 7% in Detroit last year compared with 2010, a source told the Free Press.
Detroit Police Department officials are expected to announce the official 2011 crime statistics at a news conference today.
Free Press special report: Living with murder
The city had 344 homicides in 2011, excluding those considered justified, the source said -- up from 308 homicides in 2010. According to the source, there were 1,252 nonfatal shootings in 2011, compared with 1,170 in 2010.
Shootings, which account for the majority of the city's homicides, were closely watched last year after a particularly bloody weekend during the summer in which 15 people were shot, seven fatally.
The city also had several shootings with multiple victims, including one during an eighth-grade graduation party and others at two high school reunions.
Among the high-profile shootings last year was the death of 3-year-old Aarie Berry, who was fatally struck by a bullet that pierced the front window of her family's apartment after a daylong dispute among people in the neighborhood. A suspect is currently awaiting trial in her death.
Already this year, at least 32 people have been injured by gunfire and 10 have been killed, according to Detroit police crime summaries and information obtained by the Free Press.
Detroit Police Department officials are expected to announce the official 2011 crime statistics at a news conference today.
Free Press special report: Living with murder
The city had 344 homicides in 2011, excluding those considered justified, the source said -- up from 308 homicides in 2010. According to the source, there were 1,252 nonfatal shootings in 2011, compared with 1,170 in 2010.
Shootings, which account for the majority of the city's homicides, were closely watched last year after a particularly bloody weekend during the summer in which 15 people were shot, seven fatally.
The city also had several shootings with multiple victims, including one during an eighth-grade graduation party and others at two high school reunions.
Among the high-profile shootings last year was the death of 3-year-old Aarie Berry, who was fatally struck by a bullet that pierced the front window of her family's apartment after a daylong dispute among people in the neighborhood. A suspect is currently awaiting trial in her death.
Already this year, at least 32 people have been injured by gunfire and 10 have been killed, according to Detroit police crime summaries and information obtained by the Free Press.