As of Friday, the city had recorded 71 homicides this year, higher than last year's count at the same date.

Savannah-Chatham has recorded between 20 and 25 homicides each year since 2005.

In the same time, the city recorded 489 homicides, including the deaths of 28 taxi drivers and 44 police officers.

The city recorded 60 homicides in 1995 and seems likely to have about half that many this year, the Camden police said yesterday.

Manhattan recorded 424 homicides last year, an increase of six from 1992.

Honduras recorded 6,700 homicides in 2011 in a nation of 8 million.

Detroit recorded 308 criminal homicides in 2010, a 15.4% drop from the previous years count of 364.

The city has recorded 27 homicides this year, including the two men who were killed on Tuesday, compared with 24 at this time in 2006.

During the same time frame the precinct recorded 13 homicides, compared with 7 last year.

Last year, Baltimore recorded 275 homicides, up from 269 in 2005.