LAPD Reports 28 Percent Increase in Homicides From Last Year

This year’s 73 killings is a big jump from last year’s 57 at the same time, but the chief points out that overall violent crime is up just 3 percent.

Los Angeles Police Department headquarters in Los Angeles, on Jan 27, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The number of homicides in Los Angeles so far this year is up 28 percent from the same time last year, Police Chief Dominic Choi said March 26.

Speaking at a Board of Police Commissioners meeting, the LAPD chief said this year’s total of 73 homicides is more than last year’s 57, but violent crime overall has increased just 3 percent.