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Numbers    Homicide Breakdown



         Race/Sex
                                                   Age of Victim/Suspect

          Victim       Suspect


          Asian Male


       The  Black Female


                                                  * 135                                    153



          Black Male                               2018 Homicides                         2018 Suspects*

                                                   *Does not include justifiable homicides.
                                                   Means of Attack**


                                                   Blunt Force Trauma by Object                                   1

                                                   Firearm-Handgun                                              84
                                                   Firearm-Rifle                                                  7

                                                   Firearm-Unknown                                              38
                                                   Knife                                                          5
                                                   Other                                                          1

                                                   Strangulation                                                  1
                                                   Unknown                                                        2
          Hispanic Male                            **More than one means of attack may have been used to commit
                                                     a single homicide.
                                                   Motive***
         White Female
                                                   Argument                                                    35
                                                   Carelessness                                                  1
         White Male                                Defense                                                       4

                                                   Domestic Violence                                           10
                                                   Drugs                                                         8

                                                   Retaliation                                                   2
         Unknown                                   Robbery                                                       9
                                                   Other                                                         2

                                                   Unknown                                                     71
                                                   ***A single homicide may have more than one motive.

                                                   Homicides Cleared in 2018


                                                                      2018                           Prior Years’

                                                  65Homicides                       34Homicides

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