CLEVELAND, Ohio — September became the deadliest month of 2015 after a series of weekend shootings left three people dead.
At least 13 people were shot and three killed in the month’s final weekend. The circumstances of many of the shootings remain under investigation.
Cleveland tallied 97 homicides as of Monday morning, a drastic increase over recent years setting the city on track to experience one of its deadliest years in nearly a decade.
Police are still working to determine what’s behind the uptick, but investigators have said that many shootings are related to ongoing battles between local street gangs.