12 murders in the last 2 months, 8 of which were outside the west end. It's easy to displace crime, but harder to resolve root causes like the streets being flooded with cheap narcotics by gangs and their Mexican cartel suppliers. The Highlands murder brings the total to 85 homicides, including 82 homicides the department counts plus 3 arson homicides that the department isn't counting. http://www.whas11.com/story/news/crime/2015/12/22/lmpd-rules-upper-highlands-death-investigation-homicide/77765210/