On April 27, 2007, Thomas Howard, a 27-year-old man from Pittsburgh, was killed in a homicide that added to the grim statistics of violence in Allegheny County. Howard's death was part of a broader trend of increasing homicides within the Pittsburgh area, which continued throughout the 2000s despite national reductions in homicide rates. The City of Pittsburgh, in particular, struggled with a higher homicide rate compared to many other U.S. cities, and Howard's case was consistent with the chall
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