KCMO's homicide count now stands at 101 for the year. The 100th was the 18-year-old who was allegedly robbing a 7-Eleven last night near 27th and Van Brunt when a clerk reportedly shot him.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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Good lord that's way too high !
Posted by: Sl | Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 10:10 AM
What is really amazing is that the 7-11 was right across the street from the police station.
Posted by: midtown miscreant | Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 10:11 AM
You'd be amazed the amount of crime that happens near that police station.
Posted by: Ni | Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 11:07 AM
Hmmm.... if he was stopping a robbery, is that still a homicide?
And if so, why don't we count the number of people the police kill as homicides? ;)
Posted by: You're a Mean Drunk R2D2™ | Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Why is a self defense killing considered in the homicide count?
Posted by: Lake Bum | Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 11:35 AM
R2: Actually, under KCPD's official count, self-defense shootings -- like the 7-Eleven case -- are treated as homicides, though obviously, they're not prosecuted as murders. The same goes for police-involved shootings.
Posted by: James Hart | Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 11:35 AM
James -
Do you have a list of all 101 victims? If so could you get that to me please.
Posted by: Michelle F | Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 12:14 PM
Homicide does not mean the same as murder.
Posted by: msj | Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 12:16 PM
homicide is the killing of one person by another, murder is doing it unlawfully
Posted by: msj | Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 12:18 PM
What do you expect for a society which rejects God and replaces it with a secular philosophy characterized by gansta' rap, 60% illegimate births, liberal judges, high taxes, burdensome welfare, single-parent homes with absent fathers, lost manufacturing jobs, and corrupted politicans, business, civic, and educational leaders??
Posted by: OJ is a felon | Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Thanks for clearing that up for me. :)
So whats the murder number at so far this year? ;)
Posted by: You're a Mean Drunk R2D2™ | Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 01:55 PM
...and James, where are those KC versus St. Louis "Homicide Challenge" statistics? We gotta make a respectable showing this year, ya know, otherwise they'll keep the Missouri Cup.
Posted by: Drew | Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 02:44 PM
You're welocme R2... glad to enlighten, edumacate, smarten up...
Posted by: msj | Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 03:25 PM
I googled it and all I could come up with was the Homocide rate in ST Louis was 119 by 9/02/2008
Yeah... we're number 2.. we're number 2...
wait a minute.....
Posted by: Searching | Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 08:21 PM