St. Paul, Minnesota Police nearly doubled the number of nonfatal shooting cases investigators solved in a year's time, drawing attention from other departments who are interested in finding the same closure in their city.

But Chief Axel Henry, who marks three years in the role this month, says he won't be celebrating the improvement or the drop in homicides until there are none.

"Those numbers are going down at really great rates, but I don't end zone dance on numbers like that until they're going to be at zero," Henry said in an interview.

From January through mid-November, homicides dropped 56% this year compared to the same time period last year. Carjackings have plummeted by 17%.

But police outside the capital city are noting one significant change: the clearance rate for nonfatal

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