CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Friday's three shooting deaths have brought Charlotte's homicide total for 2015 to 60.
That's 18 more than in 2014, when homicides were at an all-time low.
That's not any consolation to people who have been working to reduce the city's murder rate, including Judy Williams, who helped start Mothers of Murdered Offspring.
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"People should just respect life. I don't understand the circles people put themselves in," Williams said Friday after learning of the latest murders.
Her reaction is shared by many in Charlotte who've watched the steady stream of murders that struck a painful chord on Labor Day weekend when five people were killed, including a 7-year-old boy.
Breaking down the numbers, 54 of the 60 homicides were shootings.
Eight were domestically-related homicides, twice as many as in 2014.
Drugs and gang violence were factors in some of those murders, including Friday's shootings.
Nineteen of those 60 homicides are still unsolved according to reports.
Police said they are frustrated by the trend and Williams is right there with them.
"Unfortunately, I think we're all doing all we can. When people do hear about stuff and they can stop it, it's happening. But you just can't stop people. You don't know what they're planning," Williams said.
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