RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Homicides in the Richmond area have reached the highest total in more than a decade.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch (http://tinyurl.com/j6j85ty) reports that there were 124 slayings in the region's four cities, three towns and 16 counties last year.
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According to the newspaper's analysis, 2016 was the deadliest year since 2005, when there were 132 killings in the region.
Of the 124 victims, 101 were African-American. That's the second-highest percentage since at least 2010.
The area surveyed has a population of more than 1.2 million, about 30 percent of which is black.
In the city of Richmond, 59 African-Americans were slain, making up 88 percent of the city's 67 homicide victims.