Homicide

In the past decade, police solved fewer than half of the homicide cases with Black victims and two-thirds of the cases with white ones.

Getting and interpreting homicide clearance data involved litigation, complex analysis and patience.

In one of America’s deadliest cities, police have struggled to solve killings due to staffing shortages, shoddy detective work and lack of community trust.

As public safety officials celebrate record-breaking crime lows in parts of the St. Louis region, community members continue grieving losses.

Homicides in the city of St. Louis have decreased 20% since last year, and juvenile shootings are down nearly 40% this year, according to Mayor Tishaura Jones' office.

Newly released data reveals no resolution for families of more than 750 homicide victims. Police refused to release homicide clearance data, so we sued to find out.

St. Louis police say they’re moving up their summer patrolling plans after shootings across the city left five dead and 17 injured over the weekend.

Researchers from the University of Missouri and Washington University, studying St. Louis Children’s Hospital emergency room data, found more children are coming to the ER with gun shot injuries than before the coronavirus pandemic began in early 2020.

St. Louis officials are celebrating a big drop in murders while the city’s police classify more and more killings as “justifiable homicides” instead.

APM Reports is suing the police department for withholding data about which homicide cases have been solved. The department told APM Reports and St. Louis Public Radio that information was a part of an investigative record.