SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Springfield has reached a record number of homicides with another month left to go in 2020.
The Springfield News-Leader reports that police recently determined a fatal shooting from this summer meets the FBI definition of a murder.
That means there have been at least 17 criminal homicides in the city this year.
Springfield reached 16 homicides in a year three times in the past — 2012, 2014 and 2018.
This year’s homicide total could go up as detectives continue to evaluate four more violent deaths in Springfield to determine the appropriate classification.
