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CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

Office of Criminal Justice Coordination

Murders and Non-Fatal Shootings Trends

2016 2nd Quarter Report

Q2-2016 Murder and Non-Fatal Shootings Review• There were 37 murders in the 2nd Quarter 2016 (avg. 12 per month)

• Murders were down -21% (-11) under 2nd Qtr. 2015

• The 7th District had the most murders (10)

• Seventh Ward, Little Woods and Plum Orchard equally had the most murders of any

neighborhood (4)

• 30% (11) of murders were cleared by the end of the 2nd Qtr.

• There were 11 murder victims within the NOLA FOR LIFE target group (African-

American male age 16-24) (30%)

• There were 90 non-fatal shooting victims in the 2nd Qtr. 2016 (avg. 30 per month)

• Non-fatal shootings were down 10% (-10) under 2nd Qtr. 2015

• The 5th District had the most non-fatal shootings (22)

• Central City, in the 6th District, had the most non-fatal shootings of any neighborhood (9)

• 34% (31) of non-fatal shootings were cleared by the end of the 2nd Qtr.

• There were 33 non-fatal shooting victims within the NOLA FOR LIFE target group

(African-American male age 16-24) (37%)

Target Neighborhoods Include: Behrman, Central City, Little Woods, St. Roch Area, and Treme.

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Q2-2016 Review Continued

Summary of Murders

● Majority of murder victims were African-American males (89%)

● The average age of a murder victim was 31 years old

● Murder victims were more likely to be killed in a public space (51%)

● A handgun was the most commonly used weapon in a murder (68%)

● The majority of arrested murder suspects were African-American males (85%)

● The average age of an arrested murder suspect was 25 years old

Summary of Non-fatal Shootings

● Majority of non-fatal shooting victims were African-American males (89%)

● The average age of a non-fatal shooting victim was 28 years old

● Non-fatal shooting victims were more likely to be shot in a public space (59%)

● A handgun was the most commonly used firearm in a non-fatal shooting (75%)

● All arrested non-fatal shooting suspects were African-American males (100%)

● The average age of an arrested non-fatal shooting suspect was 31 years old

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• In 2015, New Orleans’

murder rate (42.7)

continued to trend lower

than its average since

2010 (46.9)

• The New Orleans

murder rate was almost

15 points lower in 2015

(42.7) than it was in

2004 (57.2), the year

before Hurricane

Katrina a decade ago

• The average New

Orleans murder rate

since 2010 (46.9) was

more than 36% lower

than it was two decades

ago during the same 6

year span (1990-1995:

70.6)

Historical Murder Trend

Average Murder Rate by Decade: 1980s – 37.9; 1990s – 63; 2000s – 56.2; 2010s – 46.9 Note: This slide is updated annually.

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• In 2015, the number of

murders (164) in New

Orleans continued to

trend lower than the

average (173) since 2010

• The number of murders

in New Orleans was

38% lower in 2015 (164)

than it was in 2004

(264), the year before

Hurricane Katrina a

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Murders and Non-Fatal Shootings – Q2 2016

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Incidents Victims

Note on murders: Totals do not include justifiable/negligent homicides or

police shootings

Target Neighborhoods Include: Behrman, Central City, Little

Woods, St. Roch Area, and Treme.

Incidents by Type

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Incident Mortality2nd Quarter 2016 Mortality Rate was 29%

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Wound Location Mortality

GSW – Gun shot wound; Extremity – Graze wounds, arms and area of the body including and below the groin and buttocks; Head – Area of the body including

and above the neck; Torso – Area of the body including the abdomen, chest, back, “side,” and shoulders.

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Murders Citywide (67)2010-15 Avg. 2015 2016

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Murders by District

Target Neighborhoods are located in the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th,

and 7th Districts, but are not coterminous with the district.

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Murders by NOPD District

2015 2016

• The 7th District saw the

largest reduction in

murders in the 2nd Qtr.

2016 compared to the

2nd Qtr. 2015(-41%)

• The 2nd District saw the

largest increase in

murders in the 2nd Qtr.

2016 compared to the

2nd Qtr. 2015

• The 6th District recorded

the fewest murders (1)

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Murders by Target Neighborhood

• Central City had no

murders recorded for the

2nd Qtr. 2016,

compared to 6 in the 2nd

Qtr. 2015

• Treme had the highest

increase (+200%) over

2nd Qtr. 2015

• Compared to the 2nd

Qtr. 2015, the Behrman

and St. Roch

neighborhoods did not

see a change in the

number of murder (1

and 3, respectively)

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Murders by Target Neighborhood

2015 2016

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Murders by Type of Location, 2016

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Murder by Type of Location, 2015


• Murders most frequently

occurred in a public

space, such as the street

or vehicle, with a

residence as the second

most common location

• There was a 12

percentage point

increase in murders that

occurred in commercial

locations compared to

2nd Qtr. 2015

Murders that occur in vehicles are coded as public as the vehicle itself is in a

public space.

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Murder TrendsBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2nd Quarter 2016

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Murder Trends by Location


• Murder victims were

more likely to be killed

in public spaces in both

Target and Non-Target

Neighborhoods

• In 2nd Qtr. 2016, no

murder occurred in a

commercial location

within the Target

Neighborhoods


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Murder TrendsBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2nd Quarter 2016

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Murder Trends by Death Site

Died at the Scene Died at the Hospital


• Citywide, more murder

victims died on the

scene than in the

hospital (78%)

• A higher percent of

murder victims in Target

Neighborhoods died at

the hospital (29%)

compared to 22%

citywide

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Murder Trends2nd Quarter 2016

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2015 2016

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Percent of Murder Victims that Died at the Scene with a GSW to the Head

2015 2016

GSW = Gunshot wound

• 3 out of 4 murder

victims died at the scene

(rather than after

transport) in 2nd Qtr.

2016, which is higher

than most Qtrs

• Although a greater

percentage of victims

died on the scene in 2nd

Qtr. 2016, the

percentage that died on

the scene with a GSW to

the head continued to

decline

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Murder TrendsVictims Killed in the Same Neighborhood They Lived

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Percent of All Murder Victims that Lived in the Incident Neighborhood, 2015


• Citywide, the percentage

of murder victims that

were killed in the

neighborhood in which

they lived has been flat

(about 40%)

• 50% of the murder

victims in Target

Neighborhoods live in

the incident

neighborhood


• 22% (8) of murders

occurred in zip code

70126

• Four zip codes

(70116, 70117, 70125,

and 70126) accounted

for 60% of the murders

in 2nd Qtr. 2016

• Murder was most

common on Mondays

(24%) followed by

Fridays (20%) in 2nd Qtr.

2016

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Murders by Zip Code with 5 or More Victims

2015 2016

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Murder Trends by Day of the Week

2015 2016

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Murder Trends

• 40% of murders in both

1st and 2nd Qtrs. 2016

occurred within time

category 6PM -12AM

• In the 2nd Qtr. 2016, 8%

of murders occurred

within time category

12PM-6PM compared to

30% in the 1st Qtr. 2016

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Murder Victims by Race by Neighborhood

African-American Caucasian Other


• In all neighborhoods

murder victims were

predominantly African-

American

• The proportion of

female murder victims

increased by 7

percentage points over

1st Qtr. 2016 (+2)

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Murder Victims, by Gender

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Murder Victims’ Demographics2nd Quarter 2016

• There were no murder

victims younger than 10

years old in the 2nd Qtr.

2016

• The plurality of murder

victims was 25-34 years

old (16)

• The number of murder

victims aged 17 and

younger decreased in the

2nd Qtr. 2016 from 3 to

1 compared to 2nd Qtr.

2015

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Murder Clearance Rate By NOPD District, 2nd Quarter 2016

• The 2nd Qtr. 2016

murder clearance rate

was 30% (11)

• The 6th and 8th Districts

accounted for the lowest

number of murders

recorded in the 2nd Qtr.

2016 (1 and 2

respectively)

• The 1st and 6th Districts

had 100% murder

clearance rates

Note: Murder clearance rate is calculated by dividing the number of

murders cleared by arrest, warrant, and exception by the total number of

murders within the same quarter the incident occurred

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Arrested Murder Suspects’ Demographics2nd Quarter 2016

• 18% of murder suspects

were female in the 2nd

Qtr. 2016 (2)

• The majority of suspects

arrested for murder were

18-24 for both 2nd Qtr.

of 2015 and 2016

• There were zero arrested

murder suspects younger

than 18 in the 2nd Qtr.

2016 compared to 1 in

2nd Qtr. 2015

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2015 2016

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Arrested Murder Suspects’ DemographicsBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2nd Quarter 2016

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Arrested Murder Suspects by Gender

Male Female

• 82% of arrested murder

suspects citywide were

African-American (9)

• The Target and the Non

–Target Neighborhoods

each had 1 female

suspect for 2nd Qtr. 2016

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Arrested Murder Suspects’ DemographicsBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2nd Quarter 2016

• There were no murder

arrests within the NOLA

FOR LIFE target group

(African-American male

age 16-24) in the Target

Neighborhoods

• Arrested murder

suspects in Non-Target

Neighborhoods were

more likely to be inside

the NOLA FOR LIFE

target group (African-

American male age 16-

24)

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Identified Murder Motives

• 18 murders had an

identified motive in the

2nd Qtr. 2016 (49%)

• Murders due to

retaliation-feud increased

the most over 2nd Qtr.

2015 (+39 percentage

points)


murders that were drug-

related and domestic-

related declined under 1st

Qtr. 2015 (-27 and -26

percentage points

respectively)

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Identified Murder Motives

2015 (19) 2016 (18)

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Identified Murder MotivesBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2nd Quarter 2016

• The plurality (38%) of

identified murders in

Target Neighborhoods

were related to

retaliations or feuds

• All drug and domestic-

related murders

happened in the Target

Neighborhoods

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Identified Murder Motives, by Neighborhood (19)

Drug-Related Retaliation-Feud Argument Robbery Domestic Related

Target Neighborhoods Include: Behrman, Central City, Little Woods, St. Roch Area, Treme.

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Murder Weapons2nd Quarter 2016

• More than 81% of all

weapons used in murder

incidents were some type

of firearm

• Handguns accounted for

more than 65% of

firearms used in murders

in 2nd Qtr. 2016

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Type of Firearms Used

2015 2016

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Type of Murder Weapons

2015 2016

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Shooting Trends

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Shooting Victims Citywide (249)

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Shooting Victims in Hot Spots (96)2010-15 Avg. 2015 2016

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Non-Fatal Shooting Victims by District2nd Quarter 2016

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Non-Fatal Shooting Victims by NOPD District

2015 2016

• Compared to 2nd Qtr.

2015, only Districts 2 and

5 witnessed an increase in

non-fatal shooting victims

in the 2nd Qtr. 2016

• The 5th District had the

largest increase in non-

fatal shooting victims

(+11)

• The 8th District

experienced the fewest

non-fatal shooting victims

in both 2nd Qtr. 2015 and

2016



Non-Fatal Shooting Victims by Target

Neighborhood• Treme and St. Roch

were the only Target

Neighborhoods to show

an increase in non-fatal

shooting victims

• There was no incidence

of non-fatal shootings in

the Behrman

neighborhood

• Central City experienced

the largest change under

2nd Quarter 2016 (-9; -

100%)

Target Neighborhoods Include: Behrman, Central City, Little Woods, St. Roch Area, St.claude,7th Ward and Treme.

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Non-Fatal Shooting Trends

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Non-Fatal Shootings by Type of Location, 2016


• The proportion of non-

fatal victims located in

commercial spaces

decreased compared to

1st Qtr. 2016, closer to

the proportion seen in

2015

• The majority of non-

fatal shooting victims in

the 2nd Qtr. 2016 were

shot in a public space

(59%), consistent with

previous Qtrs

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Non-Fatal Shootings by Type of Location, 2015


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Non-Fatal Shooting TrendsBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2nd Quarter 2016

• Residential areas

accounted for more than

60% of non-fatal

shootings in Target

Neighborhoods

• Citywide, and across all

neighborhoods

commercial spaces had

the fewest non fatal

shootings (11%)


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Non-Fatal Shooting Trends

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Non-Fatal Shooting Victims by Zip Code

2015 2016

• 58% of all non-fatal shooting

victims in the 2nd Qtr. 2016

were shot in 4 zip codes (39%

of the City’s population)

• The distribution of non-fatal

shooting victims across the

days of the week in 2nd Qtr.

2016 was less varied

compared to 2nd Qtr. 2015;

the peak day changed from

Monday in 2015 (19) to Friday

in 2016 (16)

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Non-Fatal Shooting TrendsVictims Shot in the Same Neighborhood They Lived

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Percent of All Non-Fatal Shooting Victims that Lived in the Incident Neighborhood, 2015


• Non-fatal shooting

victims were more likely

to be shot in the

neighborhood in which

they lived in Target

Neighborhoods than in

Non-Target

Neighborhoods

• Citywide, the percentage

of non-fatal shooting

victims that were shot in

the neighborhood in

which they lived was flat

at 36% for both 1st and

2nd Qtrs. of 2016

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Non-Fatal Shooting Trends• A higher proportion of

non-fatal shooting

victims were shot in the

evenings (6PM-12PM)

versus 1st Qtr. 2016

where the plurality were

shot in the afternoon

(12PM-6PM)

• Overall the majority of

the non-fatal shooting

victims were shot

between 6PM – 6AM

(76% for 2nd Qtr. 2016)

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Non-Fatal Shooting Victims’ DemographicsBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2016

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Non-Fatal Shooting Victims by Race and Neighborhood


• The race of 1 non-fatal

shooting victim was not

identified in the 2nd Qtr.

2016

• 80% of non-fatal

shooting victims were

African-American,

irrespective of the

neighborhood


female non-fatal

shooting victims was

nearly flat comparing

2nd Qtr. 2015 to 2nd Qtr.

2016

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Non-Fatal Shooting Victims’ Demographics• There were zero non-

fatal shooting victims

younger than 10 years

old


victims age 10-17

decreased under 2nd Qtr.

2015 (-3)

• The age group 18-34

accounts for 71% of all

non-fatal shooting

victims 2nd Qtr. 2016

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Non-Fatal Shooting Clearance Rate by

NOPD District• 35 non-fatal shootings

were cleared in the

quarter (35.8%)

• The plurality of non-fatal

shooting victims were

shot in the 5th District

(22); 26% of those

incidents have been

cleared (6)

• 75% of the non-fatal

shooting incidents in the

2nd District were cleared

within the Qtr

• None of the non-fatal

shootings in the 3rd

District were cleared

within the Qtr

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Non-Fatal Shooting by NOPD District Showing Cleared and Open Cases

Cleared Non-Fatal Shootings Open Non-Fatal Shootings

Note: Non-fatal shooting clearance rate is calculated by dividing the

number of non-fatal shooting incidents cleared by arrest, warrant, and

exception by the total number of non-fatal shootings incidents



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Arrested Non-Fatal Shooting Suspects’ DemographicsBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2nd Quarter 2016

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Arrested Non-Fatal Shooting Suspects by Race


• There were 28 suspects

arrested for a non-fatal

shooting in the 2nd Qtr.

2016

• All arrested non-fatal

shooting suspects were

African-American

• There were zero females

arrested for non-fatal

shootings in the 2nd Qtr.

2016

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Arrested Non-Fatal Shooting Suspects by Gender

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Arrested Non-Fatal Shooting Suspects’ Demographics

• Arrested non-fatal

shootings suspects for

1st and 2nd Qtrs. 2016

were exclusively male

• The average age of a

suspect arrested for a

non-fatal shooting was

31 years old

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Arrested Non-Fatal Shooting Suspects by Age Category

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Arrested Non-Fatal Shooting Suspects by Gender



Arrested Non-Fatal Shooting Suspects’ DemographicsBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2nd Quarter 2016

• NOLA FOR LIFE

target group criteria

(African-American male,

age 16-24) accounted for

20% of the non-fatal

shooting suspects in the

2nd Qtr. 2016

• The average age of an

arrested non-fatal

shooting suspect outside

the NOLA FOR LIFE

target group was 33

years old

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0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%


Arrested Non-Fatal Shooting SuspectsWithin or Outside NOLA FOR LIFE Target Group

NOLA FOR LIFE Target Group Outside NOLA FOR LIFE Target Group


Identified Non-Fatal Shooting Motives2nd Quarter 2016

• 25 of the non-fatal

shooting incidents have

an identified motive

(28%)

• The plurality of non-fatal

shootings were the result

of a robbery (36%)

• Domestic-related non-

fatal shootings decreased

more than 45 percentage

points under 2nd Qtr

2015

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Identified Non-Fatal Shooting Motives

2015 (14) 2016 (25)

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Identified Non-Fatal Shooting MotivesBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2016


victims were likely to be

shot in the event of a

robbery at about the

same rate (35%) across

all neighborhoods in the

city

• All retaliation-feud non-

fatal shootings occurred

in Target

Neighborhoods

• Arguments accounted

for 43% of the non-fatal

shootings in Non-Target

Neighborhoods


0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%


Identified Non-Fatal Shooting Motives, by Neighborhood (25)

Argument Domestic Dispute Drug-Related Retaliation-Feud Robbery

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Non-Fatal Shooting Weapons

• Similar to the 2nd Qtr. in

2015, the majority of

non-fatal shootings in

the 2nd Qtr. 2016 were

committed with some

type of handgun (76%)

• The use of assault rifles

increased by 2

percentage points over

2nd Qtr. 2015

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0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

Handgun Assault Rifle Shotgun Unknown Firearm

Type of Firearms Used

2015 2016

Contact InformationFor Additional Questions and Comments

For further information about future activities and reports, please contact:

Sarah Schirmer

Criminal Justice Policy Advisor

Office of Criminal Justice Coordination

Office of Mayor Mitch Landrieu

1300 Perdido St.

Suite 8W03

New Orleans, LA 70112

[email protected]

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mailto:[email protected]

APPENDIX

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NOPD Districts

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D7

D4

D3

D5

D2

D6

D1

D8

NOLA FOR LIFE Target Area:

Behrman

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Central City

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Little Woods

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St. Roch Area

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Treme

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