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A double homicide in the Wythe area of Hampton puts it at 19 for the year; another argument/fight leading to a tragic scene. The Hampton PD try to use trickery in the media to say it's 16 "homicide incidents" but it's actually 20 homicide victims in total, including a murder suspect who was shot by police.
This year there's been 34 non-fatal shootings and 20 homicides with 54 victims in total, with a paltry 28% closure rate; with a shooting death ratio like that it's clear Hampton is a city where they shoot to kill and not to mess around, many other urban cities' non-fatal shootings triple or even quadruple their homicide count.
Those stats are a lot harder to find as a lot of cities don’t track them. That being said, statistically guns are universally the leading cause of homicides in major city.
Regarding shootings. On average for every person shot and killed in NoLA, two survive. St. Louis & Baltimore are closer to 1:3. DC & Philly are ~1:5, while Chicago is ~1:6.
Are those ratios stable from year-to-year? There'd seem to be quite a bit of annual fluctuation there, unless shooters in New Orleans are universally more accurate...I suppose frequency of drive-bys versus people being shot from point-blank range on the street could be a factor as well.
Are those ratios stable from year-to-year? There'd seem to be quite a bit of annual fluctuation there, unless shooters in New Orleans are universally more accurate...I suppose frequency of drive-bys versus people being shot from point-blank range on the street could be a factor as well.
Yep. They’re remarkably consistent as you alluded to but the ratio is due to nuisances between how the cities “conduct themselves”.
New Orleans nickname is “Chopper City” due to the disproportionate amounts of homicides where high-caliber assault weapons are used which drastically lowers survival rates
Baltimore homicides are notorious for point-blank headshots using handguns, which is a lot different than being shot at from across the block from a kid with zero-little aim like they do in Chicago or Philly.
Yep. They’re remarkably consistent as you alluded to but the ratio is due to nuisances between how the cities “conduct themselves”.
New Orleans nickname is “Chopper City” due to the disproportionate amounts of homicides where high-caliber assault weapons are used which drastically lowers survival rates
Baltimore homicides are notorious for point-blank headshots using handguns, which is a lot different than being shot at from across the block from a kid with zero-little aim like they do in Chicago or Philly.
Does this mean Chicago and Philly are more dangerous for your median resident since you’re more likely to catch a stray? While in Baltimore or NOLA you’re specifically targeted?
Does this mean Chicago and Philly are more dangerous for your median resident since you’re more likely to catch a stray? While in Baltimore or NOLA you’re specifically targeted?
Pretty much. Granted I take shooting stats with a grain of salt.
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