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MURDER/SHOOTING ANALYSIS 2013

The F.B.I Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR) establishes all guidelines and procedures for the submission of crime data to the State UCR Program Coordinator (State Police). Murders are counted at the time that Homicide Investigators have determined that,

after investigation, an intentional killing of a human being by another has occurred. Clearances of murders occur when at least one person suspected of committing the murder is taken into police custody for prosecution. Clearance rates are determined by taking the total

number of murder clearances for particular month/year and divide that number into the number of murders counted for that same month/year. It is important to understand that UCR allows adjustments (e.g. clearances, reclassification, unfounded, etc.) from previous submitted

months to be made the month that the adjustment becomes known to police.

UCR MURDER 2013 vs. 2012

MONTH 2012 2013 % CHANGE JANUARY 33 19 -42.4%

FEBRUARY 21 14 -33.3% MARCH 35 22 -37.1% APRIL 22 28 27.2% MAY 39 20 -48.7% JUNE 34 15 -55.9% JULY 23 28 21.7%

AUGUST 29 18 -37.9% SEPTEMBER 23 22 -4.3%

OCTOBER 25 23 -8.0% NOVEMBER 17 15 -11.7% DECEMBER 30 23 -23.3%

Y-T-D 331 247 -25.4%

WHO WERE THE MURDER VICTIMS? RACE-SEX-AGE

2013 vs. 2012 RACE CATEGORY-JANUARY-DECEMBER 2012 2013

WHITE 62 18.7% 51 20.7% BLACK 264 79.8% 191 77.3%

ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER 5 1.5% 5 2.0% AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKAN NATIVE 0 0% 0 0%

TOTALS 331 100.00% 247 100.00%

GENDER CATEGORY 2012 2013 MALE 290 87.6% 224 90.7%

FEMALE 41 12.4% 23 9.3%

AGE CATEGORY 2012 2013 0-10 7 2.1% 8 3.2%

11-17 16 4.8% 9 3.7% 18-24 106 32.0% 79 32.0% 25-34 103 31.1% 64 25.9% 35-44 53 16.1% 50 20.3% 45-54 29 8.8% 23 9.3% 55-64 6 1.8% 9 3.6%

65+ 11 3.3% 5 2.0% 2012 2013

HISPANIC ETHNICITY 45 13.6% 30 12.1%

YEAR-TO-DATE JUVENILE

COMPARISON: JAN.-DEC.

2009-18 2010-18

2011-23 2012-23 2013-17

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SHOOTING VICTIMS 2013

MONTH 2012 2013 %

CHANGE JANUARY 106 79 -25.4%

FEBRUARY 71 61 -14.1% MARCH 110 78 -29.1% APRIL 106 94 -11.3% MAY 138 119 -13.8% JUNE 116 98 -15.5% JULY 119 98 -17.6%

AUGUST 142 111 -21.8% SEPTEMBER 99 113 14.1%

OCTOBER 100 100 NC NOVEMBER 65 86 32.3% DECEMBER 107 91 -15.0%

Y-T-D 1,279 1,128 -11.8%

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WHO WERE THE SHOOTING VICTIMS?

RACE-SEX-AGE 2013 vs. 2012

RACE CATEGORY-JANUARY-DECEMBER 2012 2013 WHITE 161 12.6% 173 15.3% BLACK 1,107 86.5% 946 83.9%

ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER 11 .9% 9 .8% AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKAN NATIVE 0 0% 0 0%

TOTALS 1,279 100.00% 1,128 100.00%

GENDER CATEGORY 2012 2013 MALE 1,163 90.9% 1,049 93.0%

FEMALE 116 9.1% 79 7.0%

AGE CATEGORY 2012 2013 0-10 5 .4% 2 .2%

11-17 90 7.0% 76 6.7% 18-24 548 42.8% 466 41.3% 25-34 394 30.8% 339 30.1% 35-44 136 10.7% 154 13.7% 45-54 75 5.9% 67 5.9% 55-64 24 1.9% 18 1.6%

65+ 7 .5% 6 .5% 1128 2012 2013

HISPANIC ETHNICITY 132 10.3% 131 11.6%

Murder in Philadelphia by Police District

2013 VS. 2012 January-December

Notable Decreases Numeric

01st District - 8 03rd District - 8 12th District - 8 15th District- 9 35th District- 12 39th District- 16

Notable Increases Numeric

07 th District + 4 26th District + 5

YEAR-TO-DATE JUVENILE SHOOTING

VICTIM COMPARISON:

JAN.-DEC. 2009-121 2010-133

2011-123 2012-95 2013-78

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Shooting Victims & Murder Victims By Police District

January-December 2013

DISTRICT MURDER

VICTIMS-2013 MURDER BY

GUNSHOT -2013 MURDER

CLEARED-2013 SHOOTING

VICTIMS-2013 1 2 1 1 16 2 5 3 3 24 3 7 6 4 22 5 1 0 1 3 6 5 4 3 12 7 4 2 2 3 8 3 3 2 6 9 5 5 3 11

12 20 17 8 115 14 16 13 7 71 15 13 8 5 56 16 6 5 2 55 17 9 5 4 34 18 15 13 7 58 19 18 14 12 73 22 29 25 10 136 24 25 21 11 86 25 25 23 10 138 26 10 9 1 42 35 18 14 10 95 39 11 10 6 72 77 0 0 0 0

TOTALS 247 201 112 1,128

NOTE: SHOOTING VICTIM TOTALS MAY BE INCLUDED IN MURDER VICTIM AND MURDER BY GUNSHOT TOTALS.

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CIRCUMSTANCES/MURDERS January-December

2013 & 2012

CATEGORY YEAR TO DATE 2012 JAN-DEC. YEAR TO DATE 2013 JAN-DEC. LOCATION

NUMERIC % OF OVERALL

TOTAL NUMERIC % OF OVERALL

TOTAL INSIDE 80 24.2 % 65 26.3 %

OUTSIDE 251 75.8 % 182 73.7 %

DAY OF WEEK NUMERIC % NUMERIC % MONDAY 54 16.3% 40 16.2%

TUESDAY 45 13.6% 35 14.2% WEDNESDAY 44 13.3% 31 12.5%

THURSDAY 40 12.1% 33 13.4% FRIDAY 37 11.2% 31 12.5%

SATURDAY 58 17.5% 35 14.2% SUNDAY 53 16.0% 42 17.0%

TIME OF DAY NUMERIC % NUMERIC %

12A-3:59A 74 22.3% 62 25.1% 4A-7:59A 35 10.6% 22 8.9%

8A-11:59A 24 7.3% 20 8.2% 12P-3:59P 35 10.6% 29 11.7%

4P-7:59P 54 16.3% 29 11.7% 8P-11:59P 109 32.9% 85 34.4%

MONTH NUMERIC % NUMERIC %

JANUARY 33 10.0% 18 7.3% FEBRUARY 21 6.3% 14 5.6%

MARCH 34 10.3% 21 8.5% APRIL 20 6.0% 28 11.3%

MAY 39 11.7% 20 8.2% JUNE 34 10.3% 15 6.1% JULY 23 6.9% 28 11.3%

AUGUST 29 8.8% 18 7.3% SEPTEMBER 25 7.6% 22 8.9%

OCTOBER 25 7.6% 23 9.3% NOVEMBER 17 5.1% 15 6.1% DECEMBER 31 9.4% 25 10.1%

MOTIVE NUMERIC % NUMERIC %

DRUGS 34 10.3% 30 12.1% DOMESTIC 24 7.3% 17 6.9%

ARGUMENT 158 47.8% 117 47.4% SEXUAL 0 0% 2 .8%

RES. ROBB. 13 3.8% 10 4.0% COMM. ROBB. 4 1.2% 1 .4%

HIGHWAY ROBB. 29 8.8% 20 8.2% CHILD ABUSE 5 1.5% 6 2.4%

OTHER 11 3.3% 4 1.6% RETALIATION 23 6.9% 11 4.5%

UNKNOWN 30 9.1% 29 11.7%

CAUSE OF DEATH NUMERIC % NUMERIC % NARCOTICS 2 .7% 0 0%

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA 7 2.1% 14 5.7% PHYSICAL ASSAULT 5 1.5% 4 1.7%

KNIFE/EDGED WEAPON 23 6.9% 20 8.1% STRANGLE 5 1.5% 3 1.2% GUNSHOT 284 85.8% 201 81.3%

OTHER 5 1.5% 5 2.0%

CATEGORY NUMERIC TOTAL NUMERIC TOTAL MURDERS RECLASSED/DELAYED FROM PREVIOUS YEARS 12 3.6% 13 5.3%

DELAYED DEATH(I.E. ASSAULTED/ DIED ON DIFFERENT DATE) 48 14.5% 25 10.1%

74% OUTSIDE-2013

33% -SUN. & MON. 2013

34%- 8PM TO 12 AM-2013

23% -APRIL & JULY-2013

47%- ARGUMENTS-2013

81%- GUNSHOTS-2013

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A Closer Look at Domestic Violence Related Murders. 2013

Four (4) domestic related murders occurred in apartment complexes. Apt. numbers were not inserted into INCT for all calls for police service. Therefore, we are deleting these murders from our analysis.

VICTIMS/OFFENDERS-DOMESTIC RELATED MURDERS AGE-GENDER-RACE & RELATION TO OFFENDER

Protection From Abuse Orders (PFA) in effect at

the time of murder: 2012-0 2013-1

Murder/Suicides: 2012-6 2013-3

Of the 131 domestic related murders during the past five

(5) years, a cutting instrument (34%) was used almost as

much as a firearm (38%) as the weapon of choice.

Males (67) and females (64) have been victims of domestic related murders almost equally during the

past five (5) yrs.

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Firearms-Weapon of Choice Note: Firearm type and caliber have not been identified for all murders committed by a firearm.

Based on firearm seized or evidence found at scene. MURDER BY FIREARM

January-December 2009-2013

YEAR GUN/TOTAL MURDERS % BY GUN 2009 245/302 81.1% 2010 244/306 79.7% 2011 264/324 81.5% 2012 284/331 85.8% 2013 201/247 81.3%

Firearm Type

JANUARY-DECEMBER 2009-2013

CALIBER 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

.22 6 3 2 7 4

.25 4 7 5 9 3

.32 0 3 3 4 1

.38 1 3 4 5 3

.40 31 26 40 43 31

.45 32 21 29 19 14

.50 0 2 1 0 0 .357 7 4 2 5 4 .380 12 14 20 18 13

SHOTGUN/RIFLE 4 1 6 3 5 9MM 77 79 82 64 65

10MM 1 3 1 3 1

GUNSHOT WOUND SUMMARY-ALL GUNSHOT VICTIMS JANUARY-DECEMBER

2013 VS. 2012

CATEGORY JAN.-DEC. 2012 % of Total SV JAN.-DEC. 2013 % of Total SV GUNSHOT(S) WOUND TO HEAD 164 12.8% 154 13.7% MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS TO BODY 375 29.3% 353 31.3%

Note: Based on all SV. Gunshots to head could be included in multiple gunshots to body category.

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AREA OF BODY 2012 % of Overall Murder

SV 2013 % of Overall Murder

SV ABDOMEN 15 5.3% 14 7.0%

BACK 19 6.7% 9 4.5% CHEST 40 14.1% 25 12.4%

HEAD-ONLY 65 22.9% 51 25.4% HEAD & ADDITIONAL AREA(S) 27 9.5% 32 15.9%

MULTIPLE AREAS OF BODY 106 37.3% 64 31.8% NECK 9 3.2% 6 3.0%

SHOULDER 3 1.1% 0 0.0% Note: Murder SV only.

STATUS OF MURDER CASES

January-December 2009-2013

STATUS 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 ACTIVE 105 100 142 163 135

CLEARED BY ARREST/EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED/UNF. 197 206 182 168 112 UCR TOTALS AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION.

STATUS OF MURDER CASES

2013

Criminal History of Murder Victims January-December

2013

RECIDIVISM-VICTIMS One-Hundred & Ninety (190) or 77 %

of murder victims had at least one prior arrest before their death.

One-Hundred & Seventeen (117) or 62% of the 190 victims with prior arrests were arrested for a violent crime before they were murdered.

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Murder Offenders WHO WERE THE OFFENDERS?

RACE-SEX-AGE January-December

2013 RACE CATEGORY 2012 2013

WHITE 35 17.3% 27 19.6% BLACK 167 82.7% 110 79.7%

ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER 0 0% 1 .7% AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKAN NATIVE 0 0% 0 0%

TOTALS 202 100% 138 100%

GENDER CATEGORY 2012 2012 MALE 188 93.0% 121 87.7%

FEMALE 14 7.0% 17 12.3%

AGE CATEGORY 2012 2013 11-17 7 3.5% 2 1.4% 18-24 92 45.5% 66 47.8% 25-34 65 32.1% 38 27.6% 35-44 23 11.4% 19 13.8% 45-54 10 5.0% 8 5.8%

55-OVER 5 2.5% 5 3.6% 2012 2013

HISPANIC ETHNICITY 28 13.9% 21 15.2%

JUVENILE VICTIMS 17 TOTAL VICTIMS

10-NO PRIORS 7-PRIOR ARRESTS

(6) - ONE-THREE PRIORS (1)-FOUR-FIVE PRIORS

(Included in table)

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Shooters/Offenders RACE-SEX-AGE

January-December 2013 vs. 2012

RACE CATEGORY 2012 2013 WHITE 45 9.4% 55 14.6% BLACK 434 90.4% 318 84.4%

ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER 1 0.2% 4 1.1% AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKAN NATIVE 0 0% 0 0%

TOTALS 480 100% 377 100%

GENDER CATEGORY 2012 2013

MALE 465 96.9% 364 96.6% FEMALE 15 3.1% 13 3.4%

AGE CATEGORY 2012 2013

11-17 30 6.3% 22 5.8% 18-24 251 52.3% 186 49.3% 25-34 149 31.0% 114 30.2% 35-44 34 7.1% 31 8.2% 45-54 7 1.5% 20 5.3%

55-OVER 9 1.8% 4 1.1%

2012 2013 HISPANIC ETHNICITY 21 15.2% 49 13.0%

Criminal History of Murder Offenders

RECIDIVISM-OFFENDERS One Hundred & Twenty-Five

(125) or 91% of all murder offenders had at least one prior arrest before they were arrested

for murder. Eighty-Six (86) or 69% of the

125 offenders with prior arrests were arrested for a violent crime

before they were arrested for murder.

JUVENILE OFFENDERS

2 TOTAL 2 W/PRIOR ARRESTS

(Included in table)

There were only two (2) juveniles arrested for murder in 2013. They

both had no prior arrests.

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FRMAD Research and Analysis 2/26/2014