America’s Shooting Spree Continues

What’s COVID Got To Do With It?

Murder in the U.S. increased by about 25% in 2020. The trend continues in 2021. Photo by Kat Wilcox,
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Introduction

In March, I began a series of stories focused on some of America’s fastest-growing and fastest-shrinking cities. It evolved into crime after focusing on race, with 13 American Cities Plagued With Murder And Death.

My theory on the latter was, with America in quarantine for much of 2020, the number of…