DC homicides cost taxpayers $1.53M per murder, nearly $1B price tag for all shootings last year: study
May 03, 2022 at 08:28 AM EDT
A new study analyzing the cost of gun violence in Washington, D.C. found taxpayers were on the hook for $1.53 million per homicide in the nation’s capital last year, amounting to nearly $1 billion expenses for all shootings in 2021.