evidence: The number of homicides in Milwaukee, long known for violent crime, set records in 2020, 2021 and 2022. [...] Milwaukee’s 2022 homicides more than doubled the total in 2019 and set a record for the third year in a row. Homicides totaled 111 in 2019; 204 in 2020; 213 in 2021; and 227 in 2022, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel database.