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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024
The Mayor touted work last year, including a historic reduction in homicides, as well as declines in non-fatal shootings, carjacking and auto thefts, the high number of guns seized, and the improved homicide clearance rate.
—Alexa Ashwell, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
The West Side does not need to be known for unemployment, carjackings and shootings.
—Ike Muzikowski, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
As a result, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) recorded a 32 percent decrease in homicides; a 39 percent drop in robberies; armed carjackings are down 53 percent; assaults with a dangerous weapon are down 27 percent when compared with 2023 levels.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 4 Jan. 2025
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He was also arrested on suspicion of a carjacking this month with a 15-year-old, police said.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024
The Mayor touted work last year, including a historic reduction in homicides, as well as declines in non-fatal shootings, carjacking and auto thefts, the high number of guns seized, and the improved homicide clearance rate.
—Alexa Ashwell, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
The West Side does not need to be known for unemployment, carjackings and shootings.
—Ike Muzikowski, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
As a result, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) recorded a 32 percent decrease in homicides; a 39 percent drop in robberies; armed carjackings are down 53 percent; assaults with a dangerous weapon are down 27 percent when compared with 2023 levels.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Carjacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carjacking. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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