New York murders falls to lowest in 50 years: mayor

Crime rates and gun laws across the country have been in the spotlight since the Dec. 14 slaying of 20 children and six adults at an elementary school in Connecticut by a 20-year-old man who also killed his mother and eventually himself.

A total of 414 homicides occurred in 2012, down from 515 last year, or about a 19 percent decrease, the mayor said at a graduation ceremony for new police recruits. That was the lowest figure since data collection began in 1963.

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