A brutal family slaying. A Christmas day homicide. A suspect still on the lam 11 months after shooting a man dead in a Little Italy apartment block.

These were just a few headline-grabbing acts of violence that illustrated a grim year of violence in the nation’s capital.

In 2024, Ottawa narrowly beat its own record for the most homicides in a single year, with 25 victims. The city has surpassed its previous record of 24 homicides, which was set in 1995 and 2016, according to police data.