NEW YORK, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Black men ages 25-40, with a history of drugs and hanging around with an armed friend are the most likely to be killed in New York, crime statistics indicate.
The latest New York Police Department statistics show drugs are involved in at least half of the city's homicides, and two-thirds of the victims are black, the New York Daily News reported Thursday.
The most likely homicide-victim profile is that of a black man, 25 to 40 years old, with a record of drug crimes, roaming the streets with an associate in possession of a gun, the Daily News said.
Forty-nine percent of all murder victims are connected with drug sales and-or use, while 67 percent of the victims are black, 25 percent are Hispanic and 4 percent are white, the Daily News reported.
The city's homicide total through Tuesday is 476, compared with 470 for all of last year.
The Rev. Al Sharpton called the findings unacceptable, but not surprising. UPI
