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Yep. The Penns Landing shooting is the only one affecting a high profile area, although still of course upsetting. The fact that these senseless teens that act entirely with emotion and no sense of logic are getting their hands on weapons is what is creating so much of this madness.
It also seems like Philadelphia's gun violence is becoming even more concentrated in North Philly neighborhoods based on recent reports. I'd be interested in seeing statistics compared to prior years, but I wouldn't be surprised if North Philly neighborhoods were driving all of the violence increases in the past few years citywide. That section of the city is just off-the-charts with shootings/violence. It absolutely is crying out for a dramatic intervention, and it needed it yesterday.
Old data of homicides & shooting victims from 2014-2020 by the Trace.org for certain cities in Mississippi. There's definitely a margin of error moreover on the lack of data collecting & sharing from the municipalities ( especially Delta towns).
Left- Homicides / Right- Shot Victims
Jackson, MS : 510 / 938
Meridian, MS: 82 / 223
Gulfport, MS : 64 / 107
Hattiesburg, MS : 58 / 149
Natchez, MS : 50 / 72
Vicksburg, MS: 49 / 123
Greenville,MS : 45 / 52 *
* - Greenville should be much higher and comes back to data collecting, sharing, & transparency.
A couple of people have asked me if they could bring up in this thread yesterday's massacre at the Uvalde, Texas elementary school. There are multiple threads discussing that in the Politics and Other Controversies forum which, unfortunately, is where this type of discussion belongs since it will ultimately devolve into shouting wars and diatribes over politics.
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This has been a topic several times. Cities like New Orleans had one of the highest ratios, where almost half (46.8%) of all shooting victims end up dying (218 murders - 465 shooting victims in 2021). IIRC, Jackson is similar or higher, possibly 50-60%.
Rather than aim, could be caliber of weapons used (New Orleans is called "Chopper City" for a reason..) or the means of attack. N.O is particularly known for its high amount of headshot cases and close-up ambushes with high powered rifles. Little chance of survival.
Despite the high ratio, N.O doesn't have the highest non-fatal shooting rate in the country; which Chicago had a higher rate in 2021 at 133.8/100k and New Orleans at 121/100k.
New Orleans infamous name might be embellish. Yes there plenty of cases of semi-auto to fully auto rifles used in different skirmishes between cliques & individuals. Yet majority of the firearms related homicides were handguns like everywhere else.
As of Apr 30 for the presented stats.
From 2021 - 2022, Compton is at a -70.59% decrease in homicides (17 - 5)
Los Angeles County -40.37% decrease (109 - 65)
Violent crimes in Compton are also down 29.51%.
That's a lot for D.C, given its population is at 670K is half that of Dallas, TX which has 80 homicides YTD with some of those possibly justifiable and not murders.
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