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There have been a total of 175 murders in Louisville during 2021, breaking last year’s set record of 173.
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There have been 70 homicides in Louisville as of the end of May 2022.
In an average year, 728 people die and 1,036 are wounded by guns in Kentucky. Kentucky has the 23rd-highest rate of gun violence in the US.
Kentucky has the 17th-highest societal cost of gun violence in the US at $1,104 per person each year. Gun deaths and injuries cost Kentucky $5 billion, of which $181 million is paid by taxpayers.
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