Killings Averaging 1 Daily in Dallas

Published : Friday, 13 May 2011, 5:08 PM CDT
Lynn Kawano
FOX 4 News

DALLAS - At 2:00 in the afternoon on May 13, Dallas reported its thirteenth murder of the month.

A sudden five-percent spike in killings comes after years of declines. In fact, Dallas hit a 50-year low in 2010.

Detectives can't explain it, though some have suggested that the economy might be to blame.

However, one thing is clear: the homicide unit is scrambling to keep up with the unsolved cases.

Earlier this week, a security guard was killed when he walked in on a robbery at a Wing Stop on Buckner Boulevard. Investigators are seeking the killer.

And at 2 p.m. today, a man was killed in the 10,000 block of Cricket in southeast Dallas. The shooter remains on the run.

Despite the heavy case load, though, detectives have solved some high-profile murders, including the slayings of two people at a convenience store and the fatal shooting of a tow company employee days later .

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