Only 8 homicides in Winston-Salem  Winston-Salem is proud of the
fact that they’ve cut their homicide numbers in half in the last
year. Judging by the handy chart, it’s dropped a lot since 2007
when it was 26, more than three times higher.  Winston-Salem had
eight homicides in 2012, the lowest number since at least 1947,
police said this week.   What’s really strange is that according
to the story, two of the homicides are “justified.”  Two of the
eight homicides were determined to be justified. Detective Mike
Poe of the Winston-Salem Police Department killed Dallas Antwan
Conner, 29, on Aug. 17, when Conner pulled a pistol-grip shotgun
and attempted to rob Kevin Powell Motorsports on University
Parkway. Coe was at the store shopping during his lunch break.
Winston-Salem police also determined that James
Wartefus Samuels fatally shot Anthony Alphonzo McArthur when
McArthur attacked Samuels with an 18-inch sword. The assault
happened after McArthur became upset over the amount of
marijuana he got from Samuels