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Jennifer Lu
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Data Journalist, APM Reports
Washington
Beats
Palouse News
Breaking news, investing, technology
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By Rachel Lippmann Verified, Tom Scheck Verified, Jennifer Lu Verified| The Marshall Project Verified By Rachel Lippmann, St. Louis Public Radio; Tom Scheck and Jennifer Lu, APM Reports From 2014 through 2020, St. Louis had the highest homicide rate in the country among cities with 250,000 people or more. St. Louis Public Radio and APM Reports spent nearly two and a half years fighting to access public information about the police department’s efforts to solve these killings. Here are five takeaways from our reporting.
By Tom Scheck Verified, Jennifer Lu Verified, Rachel Lippmann Verified| APM Reports Verified In the first months of 2019, St. Louis leaders were facing a crisis. The city had endured the highest homicide rate in the nation for five straight years. By May, 70 people had already been killed, including a quadruple homicide. The city had budgeted for 100 more officers than were on the job; detectives were scrambling to solve cases. Police would solve only about a third of the homicides that year, according to department records.
By Rachel Lippmann Verified, Tom Scheck Verified, Jennifer Lu Verified| APM Reports Verified In the summer of 2019, a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officer named Ronald Vaughan was assigned to the overnight homicide squad supervised by Sgt. Heather Taylor. Vaughan had somewhat of a checkered past. Two years before, he allegedly shoved and pepper-sprayed a pastor and shocked a local activist with a Taser during a peaceful protest, according to a lawsuit.
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APM Reports
APM Reports strives to raise awareness, trigger debate and prompt positive change via non-partisan, independent investigative and documentary journalism.
Founded: 1998