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Homicides rising in DC, but police solving far fewer cases

Natalia Mitchell holds up a program memorializing her son, Morris Mitchell, who was shot to death in March 2022, in Washington, on Oct 30, 2023. [AP Photo]

Though it's no longer the homicide capital of the United States, the nation's capital is witnessing a multiyear spike in the number of homicides but solving far fewer of them.

And for families of the victims, the issue of unsolved killings cuts deep.

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