Top stories of 2020: Increase in gun violence There have been 15 shooting incidents this year Dec 22, 2020 3:40 PM By: KitchenerToday Staff Photo of Waterloo Regional Police Chief Bryan Larkin. (Mark Pare/KitchenerToday) As 2020 winds down, we are looking back at some of the top local and most viewed stories on our site this year. It's a topic Waterloo Regional Police Chief Bryan Larkin has talked about at length this year - the increase in gun violence our community is experiencing. There have been 15 shooting incidents in Waterloo Region in 2020. Larkin recently discussed the increase in violent crime during a roundtable with local media.