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homicide

noun as in killing

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“We know that when carjackings go down, when use of guns go down, when homicides or robberies go down, neighborhoods feel safer and are safer,” Bowser said in late August.

Yet even with fewer killings to investigate, homicide “clearance rates,” a measure of how often cases are solved by police, remain steady.

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Tuesday and found three people suffering from gunshot wounds inside, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which is assisting in the homicide investigation.

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Los Angeles County sheriff’s homicide detectives investigating the scene found the decapitated children in separate bedrooms the following Friday.

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Meanwhile, his younger brother admitted to a cover-up but denied knowledge of a homicide.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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