2011 homicides close to 2010 numbers
Posted: 12/31/2011
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By: Jamila Williams
CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati Police Department has released homicide statistics for 2011. According to police data, 66 people were killed in the city this year--that's one less than last year.
But more than half, 35, of the killings in Cincinnati have gone unsolved.
The city's most recent homicide was Wednesday inside of a Mt. Airy recording studio on Colerain Avenue. Police say 32-year-old James Gaither was found dead inside the studio. Another man was also injured in the shooting. Gaither was the owner of the studio.
The investigation of that shooting is still ongoing.
Police are also still investigating the city's first homicide--the Avondale murder of 22 year-old Rafeal Ross. Ross was shot in the face and in the leg at the Lexington Market along Reading Road around 11:00 a.m. on Jan. 2.
The statistic of 66 people does not include the three people killed this year in office involved shootings.
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