Raleigh sees 78% increase in homicides compared to last year

RIGHT NOW HE'S IN A LEE COUNTY

DETENTION CENTER ON A $100,000

BOND. THANKS, NUMBERS PAINT

A CONCERNING PICTURE OF THE

GROWING RATE OF HOMICIDES IN

RALEIGH.

>> DATA FROM THE MAJOR CITIES

CHIEFS ASSOCIATION SHOW

HOMICIDES ARE UP 78% SO FAR

THIS YEAR IN RALEIGH COMPARED

TO THE SAME TIME FRAME LAST

YEAR WHILE NATIONALLY VIOLENT

CRIME IS GOING DOWN AS WRAL'S.

HEIDI KIRK REPORTS LOCAL

ACTIVISTS SAY THIS SHOULD SERVE

AS A WAKE-UP CALL.

>> DATA FROM THE DEPARTMENT

OF JUSTICE SHOWS IN THE 1ST

HALF OF 2024 VIOLENT CRIME

NATIONWIDE IS DOWN. BUT IT'S

JUST THE OPPOSITE HERE IN

RALEIGH WITH HOMICIDES ON THE

RISE.

>> KERWIN PITTMAN GREW UP IN

RALEIGH. HE WEARS MANY HATS

ADVOCATING FOR THE CITY.

HE CALLS HOME. WE SHOWED

PITTMAN, THE DATA FROM THE

MAJOR CITIES CHIEFS ASSOCIATION

IN 2024. BETWEEN JANUARY AND

JUNE. THERE HAVE BEEN 16

HOMICIDES LAST YEAR. THAT

NUMBER WAS 9 IN THE SAME TIME

FRAME. WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE

ROOT CAUSES OF WHY COMMITTING

THESE CRIMES IN THE FIRST PLACE

IS. AND UNTIL WE DO THAT IS

GOING TO BE A VICIOUS CYCLE.

PITTMAN SAYS THERE'S MORE ROOM

FOR PROGRAMS IN RALEIGH THAT

PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH CARE,

ACCESS TO JOBS, AFFORDABLE

HOUSING AND MORE.

>> HE BELIEVES IF THERE'S MORE

HELP FOR THOSE PEOPLE

COMMITTING THE CRIMES, THOSE

NUMBERS WILL GO DOWN. BUT HE

SAYS IT WILL TAKE WORK. HOW

CAN I MYSELF GET MORE INVOLVED

AND INCREASING THAT NUMBER, BUT

ALSO THE CITY.

>> GET MORE INVOLVED AND

INCREASING. AND THEN WE'RE

GONNA HAVE TO THINK OUTSIDE THE

BOX IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

>> NOW, RALEIGH POLICE TELL

US THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBER IS

ACTUALLY A MORE ACCURATE

SNAPSHOT OF THE RISE IN

HOMICIDES IN THE CITY. NOW,

THAT NUMBER SHOWS US THERE'S

BEEN A 12% INCREASE FROM

JANUARY THROUGH AUGUST, HEIDI.

KIRK, WRAL, NEWS IN RALEIGH.

>> YOU CAN FIND INTERACTIVE MAP

SHOWING RALLY HOMICIDES BY

LOCATION ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT