INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis saw 30 percent fewer nonfatal shootings in the first four months of 2017 compared to the same period in 2015.
That's good news for a city that's seen a trend of increasing violence over the past several years.
The period from Jan. 1 – April 30, 2015, saw IMPD called on 162 nonfatal shootings. The department investigated 113 over the same period this year – a 30-percent drop.
Click the image above to see this year's interactive homicide map.
Overall, Indianapolis has seen 35 criminal homicides so far this year, compared to 39 at this time last year. Of 2017's, 12 have resulted thus far in an arrest.
If you have any information that could help solve a homicide, or any other crime, you're asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS. Your call may remain anonymous.
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