How many murders in saginaw mi 2017

Throughout , the city had 26 homicides, as well as one justified police shooting that left a Saginaw civilian dead. The city had nine homicides in Matthew Gerow. Comparatively, Saginaw had 15 homicides in , 16 in , 11 in , eight in , 13 in , and 27 in Of those 15, two suspects are each charged in two homicides, resulting in a clearance rate of The national average of homicide clearance rates for was Most of the homicides are not connected to gang activity, Gerow said. A lot of them were crimes of opportunity.

The last time we had this many homicides was in and the majority of those homicides at that time were gang-related. Saginaw has got a grasp on the gang problem.

The sergeant went on to say gang violence was previously curtailed by proactive policing units and partnerships with other law enforcement agencies, clergy, and community leaders. Police cannot do much to curtail domestic situations from leading to homicide, he said.

Once officers get back into the community and citizens see officers in their community, that might spark something inside them to think twice before committing a crime. Curbing violent crime begins with educating youths, Gerow said. Willie Dawson was shot and killed in that crime. Then on Oct. They were working hard on it.

It gets frustrating when we don't get developments that come in, sometimes you just have to wait and information will come in, just like a lot of the other unsolved murders in Saginaw," said Saginaw Police Det. Matt Gerow. Detectives spent months tracking down leads and interviewing witnesses. Skip to content. First Alert Weather Links. Traffic Map. Athlete Of The Week. Good Morning Mid-Michigan.

Person Of The Week. Back To The Bricks. Saginaw also experienced a 25 percent decrease in non-fatal shootings from to , from 53 to Saginaw Police Chief Robert M. An additional nine homicides occurred in other jurisdictions within Saginaw County, including the bludgeoning-stabbing death of an inmate at Saginaw Correctional Facility in Tittabawassee Township. Of those nine, six have resulted in criminal charges. In , there were 17 homicides in all of Saginaw County.

From to , there were three homicides reported — one each in , , and and zero in , , and Overall, most crimes declined in Bay City from to