It's been a bad year for homicides no doubt, but I don't think its attributable to gangs. Two of the homicides were police shootings, and many of the other ones that I can think of off the top of my head were not gang related. It's just been a bad year. It has nothing to do with weather, job preference, or sports. Edmonton is having a bad year, Calgary is having a good year. Hence the discrepancy.
I used to work with a guy who was murdered this year, but I think it was outside of Edmonton and thus not counted. No loss to society that he no longer walks the Earth.
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Last edited by metallicat; 04-16-2011 at 12:38 AM.
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