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Article: D.C. Homicides Decline Again, To 13-Year Low; Killings Fall in Most Suburbs
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- The Washington Post
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- January 1, 2001
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The number of people slain in the District fell last year to 236,
the lowest level in 13 years, while Washington's suburbs also saw an
overall drop in the number of killings, except in parts of Southern
Maryland and Frederick and Montgomery counties.
Washington's 2.5 percent decline in homicides was better than the
change in the national rate, which fell 1.8 percent in the first six
months of 2000, according to FBI figures released last month.
"We're actually bucking the national trend in terms of crime
declining," said D.C. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey.
In 1999, the homicide rate dropped by 11 percent in towns with
fewer than 100,000 people and by 2 percent in cities of more than
500,000, ...