"Anchorage is on track to break the record for most homicides in one year. What's going on?"

I think I found the problem:


Racial composition

                                                            2010[45]      1990[46]      1970[46]      1950[46]
White                                                  66.0%           80.7%            87.2%           97.2% 
Non-Hispanic                                    62.6%          78.7%              n/a                   n/a 
Black or African American             5.6%             6.4%                5.9%                 n/a 
Native American /Alaska Native   7.9%             6.4%                1.8%                1.2% 
Hispanic Latino (of any race)         7.6%             4.1%                  2.4%                 n/a 
Asian                                                    8.1%           4.8%                 1.0%                 n/a