Halifax leads country in gun-related violent crime
Posted Apr 24, 2014 07:07:08 AM.
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A newly released Statistics Canada report shows Halifax in first place for gun-related violence in 2012 with 41 victims of per 100,000 population.
Moncton placed second, reporting 39 firearm-related violent crimes per 100,000 population.
Halifax Police Chief Jean-Michel Blais told Global News people shouldn’t be overly concerned because crime has been going down since then.
“The gun crime that is perpetuated here in the city is, for the most part, individuals who know one another and are involved in the criminal element,” explained Blais.
In 2012, there were 56 shootings and 12 murders here in the city, eight of them involving guns.
Those numbers were down in 2013.
