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   The police in Washington on Saturday were investigating the   
   fatal shootings of two men the night before, the latest in a   
   city that has seen a sharp increase in homicides this year.   
      
   The increase, more than 40 percent from the same period a year   
   ago, has put pressure on the city’s government, and its new   
   mayor, to curb the violence.   
      
   The police identified the two young men killed in Friday’s   
   shootings as Omoni Johnson, 26, and Shaheed James, 21. Officers   
   heard gunshots at about 11:45 p.m. in southeast Washington. Upon   
   reaching the scene, they found that three men had been shot. One   
   was taken to the hospital, and the police said he was expected   
   to survive. They have not released that man’s name.   
      
   Before the men were shot on Friday, 103 people had been killed   
   in Washington so far this year, according to the Metropolitan   
   Police Department. During the same period last year, the city   
   recorded 72 homicides, 43 percent fewer than this year.   
      
   This is Mayor Muriel Bowser’s first year in office, and on   
   Thursday, she outlined a $15 million plan to address the rising   
   tide of violence.   
      
   “I know that people want answers. Why is this happening?” Ms.   
   Bowser said. While she cited an increase in “synthetic drugs”   
   and the presence of a “small number” of repeat violent   
   offenders, she refused to provide a single narrative or cause.   
      
   “We face complex challenges, which is why I stand here not to   
   give you half-truths or oversimplified answers,” she said.   
      
   Ms. Bowser’s speech was interrupted by protesters associated   
   with the Black Lives Matter movement, who erupted in boos when   
   the mayor said she planned to put more police officers on the   
   streets of certain neighborhoods that have seen the most   
   violence.   
      
   Other cities have also struggled with an increasing number of   
   violent deaths this year. Chicago, for example, reported a 21   
   percent increase in its murder rate by mid-August, and as of   
   Friday, there had been 120 murders in New Orleans this year,   
   compared with 96 at this time last year, according to those   
   cities’ police departments.   
      
   http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/us/as-homicide-rate-rises-   
   washington-mayor-pledges-action.html   
       
      
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