The average age of those killed was about 33.
∗ Nearly 80%, or 121, were Black men. Eleven were white men. Twenty-two women of both races were killed, though most were Black. One Asian man and two Hispanic men were among the dead.
∗ Most were killed by rifles and handguns. Smaller numbers were suffocated, killed by blunt force trauma or stabbed. One was starved. Another was struck by a vehicle.
∗ Most happened in the late evening and early morning hours.
* Three of these cases stem from incidents that took place prior to last year, but each was officially ruled a homicide in 2020. In two cases, the victims survived until 2020, while new developments in the investigation of the third case led to an updated homicide charge.
∗ The largest share of homicides, 73, happened in southwest Atlanta. Seventy-seven occurred in a street or parking lot.
∗ As of this week, 83 of the 157 cases remained open. In one case, the suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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