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Grand Rapids’ record-high 35 homicides so far in 2020: where, when and how they happened Updated Dec 10, 2020; Facebook Share GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Grand Rapids reached an unenviable milestone with the most homicides for a year in its history. The Dec. 6 shooting death of a 23-year-old man was the city’s 35th homicide, one more than the 34 homicides in 1993. Last year, there were 18 homicides. All but eight victims of this year’s killings were from gunfire. L...