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by Robert Stanton
HOUSTON， March 18 (Xinhua)-- Houston police are on pace for another busy year of homicides， which have already reached 53 killings as of March 3.
Houston ended 2016 with a preliminary count of 302 homicides， just under the 303 murders recorded in 2015， but far lower than what had been predicted for Houston based on trends recorded earlier in 2016， according to the Houston Police Department (HPD).
"We responded with an aggressive plan that involved an extra 2 million U.S. dollars for overtime， the deployment of 175 officers from desk jobs to beat patrols， more park rangers and a new patrol division dedicated to the Central Business District，" said Mayor Sylvester Turner.
In the most recent homicide， Earl Donnell Riley， 25， was fatally shot by Houston police after he shot two police officers on Feb. 28. Riley， who had gang ties and a laundry list of prior convictions， had been released from prison just ten months earlier.
HPD homicide investigators said that Riley opened fire on Officers Ronny Cortez and Jose Munoz with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun. Munoz， a 10-year HPD veteran， was shot in the foot. Cortez， a 24-year veteran of the force， was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center with a bullet lodged near his spine.
For homicide victims， the emotional toll seems to never end. Just ask Misha Ferguson， a Houston land development consultant who lost her childhood friend to gun violence. Ferguson said she almost spilled her cup of coffee when she read about her friend's death in morning paper.
The victim， Dedra Jefferson， was fatally stabbed by her son on Dec. 16， 2016， at their Houston-area home. The family had recently worried about the mental health of the suspect， 22-year-old Blake Jefferson.
The victim was a school trustee with Alief Independent School District. Alief is a residential suburb located 21 miles southwest of Houston.
"I hardly ever read the news now because it's (violence) so disturbing to my spirit，" said Ferguson， a mother of four. "It's so sad because it sounds like a lot of the homicides that I hear about involve mentally ill people.
"Many (killings) are not so much random robberies， but more of mentally ill people acting out mostly with people they know，" she said.
Andy Kahan， a Houston victim rights advocate， agreed that the emotional cost of losing a family member or friend to homicide is devastating.
"For each family， your lives are shattered permanently and everything's changed，" said Kahan， a board member of the nonprofit Parents of Murdered Children. "All of a sudden you're thrust into a whole new world not just dealing with the loss of a loved one， but dealing with the criminal justice system.
"Your life is forever changed and basically you've been given a life sentence，" he said. "Whatever happens to the offender， you have to live with the loss of your family member forever. There is no such thing as closure."
Houston police are taking a proactive approach to lowering the number of murders， according to the Houston Mayor's Office.
The increased focus on the problem included strategy sessions with HPD's command staff and weekly updates to the mayor. Local hip hop artists， ministers， Houston Texans football players and other community leaders also stepped up to help reduce tensions in violence-prone Houston neighborhoods.
"There is a still a lot of work to do on decreasing all violent crimes， but getting a handle on murders is a good start，" Mayor Turner said.
Houston's murder count is considered unofficial at this time because HPD is waiting on the Harris County Medical Examiner to provide rulings on some deaths that occurred during the last week of the year.
The mayor said that even if the final tally rises a little， Houston is still faring better than other cities like Chicago， which experienced 762 murders in 2016， the most in 19 years.
CARACAS Air Force 1 Sale , Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The city of Barquisimeto, in Venezuela's western state of Lara Air Force 1 Shoes , will host the upcoming South American Under-17 Women's Championship which will take place between March 1 and 20, confirmed the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) on Thursday.
Group A will be made up of Venezuela Air Force 1 Ultra , Paraguay, Argentina Air Force 1 Low , Chile and Peru while Group B will include Brazil, Colombia Air Force 1 High , Uruguay, Bolivia and Ecuador Air Force 1 Mid , according to Conmebol's official website.
The tournament will be played in two stages - the first phase and the final phase. The two teams that finish at the top of each group will go through to the final stage.
The tournament's champion, runner up and third place will automatically qualify for the International Federation of Association Football's (FIFA) U-17 Women's World Cup 2016 in Jordan later in the year.
Paraguay vs Chile and Venezuela vs Argentina will kick off the tournament in Lara's Metropolitan Stadium on March 1.
Venezuela's team Air Force 1 Lv8 , coached by Panamanian Keneth Zseremeta, are looking to repeat the victory they achieved in the previous edition which took place in Paraguay in 2013. In this edition Air Force 1 , the Venezuelans defeated the hosts and obtained a ticket to the 2014 World Cup in Costa Rica.
In the U-17 Women's World Cup, Venezuela lost against Japan in the semi-finals and then against Italy on penalties in the fight for third place.
The tournament will be played between all countries that have a women's U-17 national team whose federations are members of Conmebol.
The South American Under-17 Women's Championship 2016 will be the first big soccer tournament to take place in Venezuela since the Men's U-20 South American Championship in 2009.
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