Several city-parish leaders today announced new initiatives aimed at tamping down homicides, which the interim police chief said have increased by 100% so far in 2017 compared to the same time last year. “We are very cognizant of this rise” in violent crime, Mayor Sharon Weston Broome said at a press conference at City Hall.
Mayor: ‘Immediate action’ planned to address sharp rise in Baton Rouge homicides
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