New Orleans Murder Update Monday, Nov 26 2007
Uncategorized 9:36 am
New Orleans has now recorded at least its 202nd murder of the year.
The latest murders occurred Saturday night in the 9th Ward and Algiers, respectively.
The two murders were committed in a period of 1 hour. An hour earlier there were two other shootings, but due to poor aim, the victims are alive.
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By comparison, New York City, with a population of over 8.3 million, as of last Sunday, had 412 murders.
NYC has a murder rate of 4.96 per 100,000 population, while the New Orleans rate, assuming a population of 300,000 has a murder rate of 67.3 per 100,000 population.
More as it happens. And it will.
C.B.