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Two killings in a little more than 24 hours have pushed Richmond’s homicide total for 2017 above last year’s tally, which was the city’s deadliest in a decade.

The two deaths bring the city’s homicide total for the year to 63. Sixty are being investigated by Richmond police and three by Virginia State Police.

Richmond’s total of 61 homicides last year was the most in the city since 2006, when there were 81.

Mayor Levar Stoney, who spoke at an annual vigil for homicide victims in City Hall on Thursday, called the number “overwhelming.”

Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael N. Herring said earlier that “we all continue to be concerned about the increase in homicides, and shootings generally. The police department is doing all that it can, but random violence is almost impossible to prevent.”

Herring said he is planning to start a “root cause” analysis in the spring in hopes of identifying “seminal causes of crime, beyond motive” and generating ideas for suppression and prevention.