evidence: Milwaukee reached its grim homicide milestone the week of Nov. 23, when a 33-year-old man was killed in a shooting, bringing the homicide tally to 197 up to that date. In 2019, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s homicide tracker, there were 111 homicides. In 2020, the number rose to 204; in 2021, the figure had climbed to 212 homicides. To have doubled in two years from 111 in 2019, the tally would have to have reached 222 in 2021. So Steil’s "nearly doubled" claim is in the ballpark.