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Shootings Rarely Solved, Punished
10 January 2005
Cincinnati Enquirer (Ohio), Series
OVER-THE-RHINE — In Cincinnati's most violent neighborhoods, 94 people were shot and wounded last year in robberies, drug deals and street disputes.
That's one gunshot victim every four days in District 1, a region of less than five square miles near the city's urban core.
But here's the startling number: Only two of the gunmen ever went to jail.
While police confiscate increasing numbers of illegal guns, shootings continue and shooters slip away. On the city's... (GunPolicy.org)