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Atlanta’s homicides up for 3rd straight year

Atlanta police investigate a deadly shooting at an apartment complex off Campbellton Road in southwest Atlanta. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Atlanta’s 2022 homicide victims
Video: What’s it’s like to report on the scene of Atlanta homicides
Anthony Frazier knew the risks, but worked security to help his community
Chandra Kemp moved to feel safer and was shot while making dinner
Breanna Burgess was a mother of three with one on the way, according to a Facebook post.

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UPDATE: 2 arrested after pregnant woman found stabbed to death in LaGrange
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A Kennesaw man was charged in connection with allegation of impersonating a police officer.

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Cobb County man accused of impersonating ‘HERO’ traffic cop
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GBI investigators said Hancock County deputies forgot to close the back door of a patrol car after arresting a Sparta woman, who later fell out of the vehicle.

GBI: Deputy forgot to close patrol vehicle’s door, leading to woman’s death
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Abel Castellanos, 17, was shot to death in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Suwanee on July 19.

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Family of teen killed in Suwanee had sought refuge from violence in Venezuela
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At violent apartment complexes, business model thrives on housing shortage, government...
May 12, 2022 Atlanta - Alexis Cargile and her son Logan, 7, hold walk to their apartment home after getting off from a school bus outside The Hills at Greenbriar Apartments in Southwest Atlanta on Thursday, May 12, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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INTERACTIVE: ‘There’s so much blood’: A week of violent crime at one Atlanta apartment...
Investigators worked to learn who shot a man who crashed his SUV in the front yard of a Gwinnett County home Jan. 27. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Road shootings still a deadly, dangerous trend in 2022
December 7, 2021 Clayton County: Cobb County police officers line up to leave Southlake Mall heading towards First Baptist Church in Jonesboro on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021 where the funeral for fallen Clayton County police officer Henry Laxson was held. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Police officers are targets of violence as crime spikes across U.S., FBI chief says
Police are seen at a scene where a man was found shot and dead inside a sedan after it crashed into a fence at a southwest Atlanta apartment complex on Friday, April 15, 2022. The crash occurred outside of the Donnelly Courts apartments. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Atlanta No. 3 in U.S. for highest homicide jump during COVID, study finds
Police released video footage from a southwest Atlanta strip mall showing the suspect who shot 51-year-old security guard Anthony Frazier in the back of the head. (Photo: Atlanta police)

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9 security guards shot, 4 fatally, in metro Atlanta in 13 months
A 6-month-old was killed in a drive-by shooting Jan. 24.

Kids, teens across metro Atlanta among 2022 shooting victims
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Katie Janness loved writing songs and playing guitar, her friends said. The 40-year-old Atlanta woman was killed in Piedmont Park last year while walking her dog. (Handout)

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It’s been a year. Who killed Katie Janness?
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Georgia Safe Haven law is 20 years old but newly relevant after abortion ruling
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Man in Douglas County guilty of shooting 2 others during fight over woman
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Police searching for suspects involved in 19 Midtown vehicle break-ins
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The victim, who has not been identified, was walking with another man in the area of Armour Drive near Peachtree Creek when he was struck by a Norfolk Southern train around 11:30 p.m.

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Man hit, killed by train in Buckhead while walking on tracks
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Clerk killed in armed robbery at South Fulton food mart; 2 suspects sought
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Man gets 7 years in prison after shooting at family member on Cobb streets
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15-year-old boy shot to death in DeKalb apartment community
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The U.S. Department of Justice defines ghost guns as firearms that are assembled or produced without a serial number by a person who is not a licensed firearms manufacturer.

Feds: ‘Surgical’ arrests remove more than 20 ghost guns from Cobb community
Officials ID teen found dead in Hall County, confirm homicide investigation
Kids, teens across metro Atlanta among 2022 shooting victims
Gwinnett officials trying to ID suspects responsible for Molotov cocktail fires
Atlanta fire and Grady EMS crews load a shooting victim into an ambulance on Metropolitan Parkway. He was found at a Chevron gas station early Tuesday after being shot at a food mart a block south.

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Cops: Woman forces bystanders to help her escape after shooting in SW Atlanta
Atlanta police officer’s eye severely injured in struggle with ‘water boy’
Police: Cobb pediatrician punched EMT who arrived to transport baby
Man dies after hit-and-run involving work van in Marietta
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Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial candidate State Sen. Burt Jones (R-Georgia) speaks at a rally as former U.S. President Donald Trump watches on Sept. 25, 2021 in Perry, Georgia. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images/TNS)

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Judge blocks Fulton DA from examining GOP senator in Trump probe
Claud "Tex" McIver was found guilty of his wife’s murder during a 2018 trial. But the Georgia Supreme Court overturned the conviction last month.

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Fulton DA announces intention to retry McIver for murder
Rudy Giuliani walks to a Senate hearing at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Thursday, December 3, 2020. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Judge orders Giuliani to testify before Fulton grand jury
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Graham agrees to launch subpoena challenge in Georgia
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Graham agrees to launch subpoena challenge in Georgia
Congressman Jody Hice, R-Ga., speaks during a rally featuring former President Donald Trump in Perry, Georgia, on Sept. 25, 2021. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images/TNS)

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On Jan. 14, 2015, Clark Jacobs underwent brain surgery at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. This photo was taken hours after the surgery.

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‘This will save lives’: Cobb mom pushing for safer college campuses
A 69-year-old man will spend seven years of his 20-year sentence behind bars for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl, according to Cobb County prosecutors.

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Man gets 7 years in prison for molesting 12-year-old girl visiting Cobb home
Marietta police officers escort a stabbing suspect to a patrol car Monday outside a church on Bells Ferry Road.

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Marietta church employee stabbed in leg, back; suspect in custody
Abimael Ortiz (right) was killed in Stonecrest when a large tree branch fell on him as he worked as part of a crew clearing an undeveloped lot. He leaves behind his wife, Maria Jose Aguilera, and two daughters.

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DeKalb officials ID man killed by falling branch while cutting down trees
The causes of death are under investigation by the DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office.

2 DeKalb inmates die in custody within 4 days
Monique Miles (right) was a devoted mother to her daughter, Mekenzie. Miles was killed Thursday in a double shooting in Conley that left her girlfriend hospitalized.

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Suspect sought in Clayton County shooting that killed young mother
Police are searching for a man accused of shooting and injuring two people at a northwest Atlanta gas station July 17.

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Man sought in shooting that injured 2 at Atlanta gas station
East Point firefighters hoisted a woman 50 feet to safety after she was allegedly thrown over a bridge into Camp Creek on Sunday evening, according to the fire department.

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East Point firefighters hoist woman 50 feet during Camp Creek rescue
The GBI is investigating a shooting in Fayette County that left a U.S. marshal injured.

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GBI investigating after U.S. marshal, murder suspect shot in Fayette
The two shootings happened Monday morning at 330 and 378 Edgewood Avenue.

2 men shot in separate incidents on Edgewood Avenue within hours
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‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ cast member Marlo Hampton discusses burglary
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An Atlanta police officer searches for evidence inside a Shell gas station on Northside Drive on Sunday, July 24, 2022, after several people were injured in an apparent drive-by shooting. (Photo: Ben Hendren for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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11 shot in less than 5 hours in Atlanta as gun violence plagues city
Two pedestrians, one of them a 6-year-old boy, were critically injured in a hit-and-run crash Friday night in Marietta, according to police.

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Arrest made after 6-year-old boy, adult injured in Marietta hit-and-run
The incident took place at a home in the 1800 block of Harmony Hill Court.

Police: Woman found dead, 10-year-old girl critically injured in DeKalb
An Atlanta police officer searches for evidence inside a Shell gas station on Northside Drive on Sunday after several people were injured in an apparent drive-by shooting.

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8 injured in NW Atlanta gas station shooting
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