Here are the actual stats:
https://www.statista.com/chart/amp/31062/us-homicide-rate/
What you say is technically true but also highly misleading. You're cherry-picking points to put together a narrative that is not the obvious shape of the data.
Peak homicides over the past 10 years are nowhere near the peak in the 90's.
And they trended downward in 2022, and mid-year 2023 estimates were downwards another 9.4% relative to 2022: