Already this year, there have been more slayings in Statesboro and Bulloch County combined than were reported annually over the past three years.Combined, there have been five killings within the Statesboro city limits and elsewhere in Bulloch County in the first eight months of 2014, according to data released by Statesboro police Cpl. Justin Samples and Bulloch County sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jared Akins.Most recently, Statesboro police are investigating the Aug. 15 shooting death of Eric Alexander Reese, 46, of Park Place Apartments. Lester Parrish, 17, of University Pointe Apartments, was charged Aug. 16 with murder and weapons offenses.Gabriel Henderson, 38, of Denmark Street, was killed June 25 at a Morris Heights apartment. James Leslie Ward, 33, of Oak Hollow Drive, is charged in his killing.Statesboro police are also investigating the Feb. 15 stabbing death of Marion Lamonte Wiggs at a Hart Street home.