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Jul 14, 2021 · Shootings - both fatal and not - continue to outpace numbers from 2020. By the Roanoke City Police Department’s count, there have been eight gun-related homicides so far in 2021. That’s a 400% ...
Jan 12, 2022 · Roanoke marked by violence, stories of lost loved ones in 2021. It showed murders went up from 11 to 16 last year. Officials note there were a total of 67 shootings last year. The city is ...
Sep 9, 2021 · By the numbers, there have been 11 total homicides and 38 aggravated assaults that involve gunfire this year. That includes a shooting that happened Tuesday night on Gordon Avenue. A victim with a ...
- Ashley Boles
Emma Coleman. The level of gun violence in Roanoke in 2022 was not all that different from 2021’s high totals, according to the Roanoke Police Department’s most recent statistics. As of Dec ...
- Emma Coleman
Jun 25, 2021 · Friday, Roanoke Police briefed the city’s Gun Violence Prevention Commission on the latest crime statistics. So far, this year, there have been 31 shootings, compared to 15 at this point last year.
- Pete Deluca
Mar 27, 2022 · Gun homicides have increased by 400% in Roanoke City (wdbj7). To look at some numbers which are based on Roanoke City Police data, from January to December of 2020, 53 shootings occurred, and in 2021 this number was up to 66 shootings. In 2020, 10 people were killed because of shooting, and this number increased to 15 people in 2021.
Jan 9, 2021 · ROANOKE, Va. – 2020 was a more violent year than normal for Roanoke in terms of gun violence. According to new statistics from the Roanoke Police Department, there were 11 people shot and killed ...
