When tallying the total numbers, the local media usually only counts the number of homicides that were investigated by LMPD. Last year's total, if you also include Louisville Metro's smaller jurisdictions that have their own police departments, was actually closer to 190 and not just the 173 that they keep mentioning. It's not as though violent criminals are paying any attention to municipal boundaries while they are planning their next retaliatory shooting or murder in Shively or St. Matthews.