How to Use homicide in a Sentence

homicide

noun
  • The number of homicides increased last year.
  • He has been arrested for homicide.
  • There have been 595 homicides in the state through March of this year.
    — Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
  • The death marked Berkeley’s third homicide of the year.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The death was the first homicide in St. Paul in 2023, Ernster said.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Monday’s killing was the city’s sixth homicide of the year and the 14th assault with a firearm.
    — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2023
  • In April, Cramer entered a not guilty plea in the homicide case.
    — George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Last year, 22 youth died in homicides and 27 the year before.
    — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The triple homicide appears to be the city’s first mass shooting of 2023.
    — Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Burnett’s death marks the 27th homicide in Pine Bluff this year and first in 38 days.
    — I.c. Murrell, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
  • As of mid-August, the city's homicide rate has reached 106.
    — Pat McDonogh, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Most of the homicide victims died in shootings both years.
    — oregonlive, 31 May 2023
  • The pace of homicides in Portland in 2023 now matches that of last year at this same point.
    — The Oregonian/oregonlive Public Safety Team, oregonlive, 5 July 2023
  • The list will be updated throughout the year, with the most recent homicides at the top.
    — Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The death was the Kansas City metro’s 27th homicide of the year, according to a tally kept by The Star.
    — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2025
  • His lawyers have said their client wasn't in the home where the homicides occurred and was driving around alone that night.
    — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The manner and cause of death were homicide by stabbing, the coroner said.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN, 9 Dec. 2022
  • This is the second homicide in the city of Tulsa this year, the department said.
    — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 8 Jan. 2023
  • Of the county’s 65 homicide deaths last year, 24 victims died in Gary.
    — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Blame lousy schools and infrastructure and a homicide rate that is among the highest in the U.S.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The baby girl’s death was ruled a homicide, police said.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Cops on Monday night said he’d been deemed the victim of a homicide — but the youth’s mother said that was wrong.
    — Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024
  • The Penn-North site went a without a single homicide for the calendar year.
    — Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
  • According to police, this is the 12th homicide in Salt Lake City this year.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
  • See the table below to learn who was killed so far in 2024, where the homicide happened and whether arrests were made.
    — Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The Windsor Hills crash is testing the state’s fetal homicide law.
    — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2022
  • In each of the two years after New Mexico’s red flag law took effect in 2020, the city logged a new homicide record.
    — Rob Kuznia, CNN, 10 July 2023
  • The homicide is the city’s sixth of the year, according to authorities.
    — Joel Umanzor, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Sheriff’s homicide and crime scene detectives are now investigating the death.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Thornton police on Friday night confirmed the deaths were homicides and said detectives were still working to gather information about a suspect.
    — Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2025

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