Author of the article: Anna Junker
Publishing date: Dec 31, 2020 • January 1, 2021 • 7 minute read • Blood is visible on a flower outside of a home as police investigate the suspicious death of a man at the Lymburn townhouse complex near 180 Street and 74 Avenue, in Edmonton Sunday Oct. 11, 2020. Photo by David Bloom /Postmedia
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This year marks one of the deadliest in Edmonton, with 37 homicides recorded in 2020.
In 2011, there were 48 homicides, marking the city’s deadliest year. There were 45 homicides in 2017, 41 in 2016 and 39 in 2005. With 37 confirmed homicides as of Dec. 31, 2020 rounds out the city’s top five deadliest years since 1999.
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