What’s causing Anchorage’s wave of homicides?

Anchorage Police Chief Chris Tolley addresses reporters during a brief press conference in July of 2016. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes – Alaska Public Media, Anchorage)24 people have been killed so far in the municipality this year. That makes 2016 the fourth deadliest year in two decades, according to data provided by the Anchorage Police Department. In July alone there were nine homicides within the city. The figures come on the heels of 2015, which saw the highest number of murders