Baltimore Police Department analysis of the city's 211 homicides last year (2014) offers some intriguing data, including the types of weapons and profiles of the victims. Some examples:
Weapons: Handguns were most common weapon, being used in 160 homicides. After that, the category "knife/sharp object" was cited in 33 incidents. There were 12 killings categorized as "blunt force/beating."
Victims: Black people were the majority of homicide victims — 190 were killed during the year. Most of the victims, 189, were male.
Nearly half of the victims were in the 18-29 age group. Eighty percent had criminal records — ranging from minor offenses to violent crimes — but fewer than 15 percent were suspected gang members.
Suspects: The analysis listed 83 suspects for the homicides, because about half of the year's cases have not been closed. More than 85 percent of the suspects had been arrested before. In fact, the average suspect had been arrested 10 times. About 67 percent of the suspects had been arrested for violent crimes, and 40 percent had previous gun arrests.
Less than 11 percent of suspects were linked to gangs, police said. But even though nine suspects and 30 victims were alleged gang members, 80 of the killings were "gang associated," according to the police analysis.
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6 comments:
So, basically, nobody that is a law abiding citizen with a legally registered weapon committed any of these crimes.
Nobody.
Yet, 30 round magazines to the law abiding are now restricted/ outlawed as if we are at fault...
Assault type weapons; restricted/ banned, but all the murders were handguns by NOT REGISTERED "owners (thieves)".
Feeling safer now? Voting for more gun "control"?
People are so ignorant.
Idiots killing idiots. Nothing has changed this year with the 200+ death toll occurring five months earlier than in 2014.
hey 6:22
It's illegal to sell 30 rd. mag. in Maryland , you can own as many as you want. Good buys in Delaware , I've got a lot of them.
Typical media fact-washing. No mention of the race of the suspects, just the victims.
3 more shot and killed in Baltimore last night around 10:30 and at least one more shot (non fatal knee injury) early this morning.
I'm shocked, not one mention of AR's or 30 round mags. I thought those 2 items were the problem. owemalley said so.
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