The Twin Cities had their deadliest year in 2021. Every victim had a story.

They were teachers, students, veterinary technicians and mechanics. They were sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, siblings, colleagues and friends. In the memory of the lives they lived, here are their stories.

July 14, 2022 at 2:52PM
In 2021, 38 people were killed in St. Paul, shattering the city’s previous record of 30. In Minneapolis, there were 97 homicides, tying a record set in 1995. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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