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Homicide rate in D C runs on same track as last year
The District of Columbia faces a homicide pace near its 1989 high with 218 slayings reported as of June 29, close to the 434 killings that year. Police credit tougher drug arrests, more investigators, and cooperation with the U S attorney's office for stabilizing the trend while cocaine use among arrestees shows mixed movement.
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Reginald Smith
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