In 1988, the growth of drugs and drug-related violence made Washington the murder capital of the nation.

Washington was often described as the "murder capital" of the United States during the early 1990s.

Washington, which had more than 80 killings per 100,000 residents last year, is the "murder capital of the nation," he said.

While Gary is no longer the nation's murder capital, the process of rebuilding has been agonizingly slow.

For a long time Old Millford was the murder capital of the prison system.

In the 1980's Detroit was called the murder capital of the world.

And the national press is now focusing on the District as the nation's "murder capital."

Glasgow is no longer the murder capital of western Europe.

In the United States, the regional murder capital is the South.

Here he was, in one of America's murder capitals, inviting trouble.