Man who was shot by LMPD identified, in critical condition

Those numbers aren't comparable with today because of modern medicine. If we only had 1970s medicine, our murders would be easily double or triple what they are today. Anyone with a basic understanding of homicide would know that. Stick to what you know.

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2016/11/25/homicides-reach-112-highest-five-decades/93923832/

"The bloodshed helped drive up Jefferson County's death toll, with homicides climbing to 112 on Nov. 24 -- the highest since at least 1960, the first year included in Louisville Metro Police homicide records."