D.C. homicides on pace for four-decade low

Halfway through the year, the District of Columbia is on pace to have the fewest homicides since the mid-1960s, when the city earned the nickname “Murder Capital on the Potomac.”

Through the first six months, the city recorded 66 homicides, 21 percent less than the first half of last year. If the trend holds, the District would end up with 132 slayings, the fewest since 1964, when there were also 132 homicides.