Law & Public Safety Committee

Violent Crime Update

January 01-August 31, 2020
Colonel Eliot K. Isaac,
Police Chief

September 1, 2020
 SHOOTINGS

2 1 September 2020
 Year-to-Date Shooting Victim Counts: 2015-Present
600

500 479

49.8%
426
409
400
356 355
333
319
300
288 283
237
221
200 294
281
246 240
183 195
100

42 43 42 61
38 38
0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

To-Date Fatal Shooting Victims To-Date Nonfatal Shooting Victims Yearly Shooting Victim Total
3 1 September 2020
 Year-to-Date: Juvenile v.
Adult Shooting Victims

27, 8%

Juvenile

328, Adult
92%

4 1 September 2020
 Top 10 Neighborhoods by Victim Counts: Year-to-Date 2020
45

41
40

35
35
30
28
26
# of Shootings

25

24 21
21 21 20
20
18
18
19 16
17 15 15 15
15 17 17
16 14
13 15
12 14
11
10 12 10
10
7
5

0
WEST END OVER-THE-RHINE AVONDALE WINTON HILLS WESTWOOD ROSELAWN EVANSTON MT AIRY EAST PRICE HILL NORTH AVONDALE
Neighborhood

Victims Incidents YTD2019

5 1 September 2020
 SHOOTING DEMOGRAPHICS: VICTIMS

6 1 September 2020
 Shooting Victim Demographics: Year-to-Date
300

273

250

200

150

100

49
50

22
5 5 0
0
B W O

MALE FEMALE
7 1 September 2020
 SHOOTING DEMOGRAPHICS: SUSPECTS

8 1 September 2020
 Cincinnati Shooting Incidents: Preliminary Suspect Gender and Race
180

50.0%
160

140 41.7%

120

100

80

60

40

20
2.2% 0.3% 2.5% 1.2% 0.0% 2.2% 0.0%
0
Male Female Unknown

Black White Unknown

9 1 September 2020
Cincinnati Police Department
2020 Homicide Trends
1/1/2020 through 8/31/2020
Compiled by:
Investigations Bureau
 Year-To-Date Gun and Non-Gun Homicide Victims: 2015 - Present
80

73
71 71
70 68

62 61 6
60

49 49 50
50 47 46
6
5 7
# of Victims

11 6
40

30 62

42 42 44
20
38 40

10

0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Year
To-Date Gun Homicides To-Date Non-Gun Homicides Yearly Homicide Total
 D1 (11) CBS (2)
D2 (5)
D3 (16)
(16)
D4 (15)
D5 (19)

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68 Homicides
68 Homicides
 68 Homicides
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

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 68 Homicides (race / gender)

* One additional victim – Unknown Gender Unborn Baby

 68 Homicides (age)

* One additional victim – Unknown Gender Unborn Baby

 Case Closure Rate
• 2020 Closure Rate is 68% (2019 – 56%)
• A positive closure is considered:
– Arrest
– Death of Offender
– Prosecution Declined
– Suspect awaiting Grand Jury Presentation

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 Method of Operation
• Firearm 62
• Hands 2
• Edged Weapon 4

• Adult victims – 65/ Juvenile victims - 3

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 Likely Modis Operandi
• On-Going dispute 16
• Sudden dispute 16
• Domestic / IPV 10 / 6
• Personal Retaliation 4
• Killed in self defense 5
• Robbery 4
• Drug Related dispute 7
• Drug Related robbery 3
• Group/Gang Retaliation 5
• Accidental 1
• Undetermined 1
*Several incidents covered two M/O’s
**Five homicides were associated with Dice games
***Six victims were unintentional targets
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 Suspect* Background
*For closed cases (47)

• *Note – Not all identified as “suspect” were criminally culpable

• 3 Male Black/Adult; 2 Male White/Adult; 1 Female Black/Adult all acted in self
defense.
• 1 Male Black/Juvenile caused death by accident

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