Pine Ridge reservation sees spike in homicides

PINE RIDGE (AP) — FBI data shows homicides on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation nearly doubled in 2016 from the previous year.

Police officers are also worried after seeing that five of the 17 homicides last year involved firearms, while there were no firearm-related killings the year before, the Rapid City Journal reported.

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