Killa City: Top 10 things to know about homicide in Kansas City

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The KCPD released it’s third quarter homicide results yesterday, which includes some 98 homicides up to September 30. The total to date is 105. We dug through all 24 pages so you don’t have to to find the most important things to know about staying alive in Kansas City.

1. July is the new deadliest month. The summer spike came earlier this year, with the most deaths per month (14) coming in July, rather than August.

2. Kansas City killers have got a case of the Mondays. Nearly 1 in 5 deaths takes place on the first day after the weekend. Saturday and Sunday each held 15 percent.

3. Watch out for the witching hour. Thirteen percent of deaths happen between midnight and 2 a.m. Noon to 2 p.m. accounts for 12 percent of homicides and is the second most dangerous time.

4. Violence is random. Motive is unknown more than half the time.

5. East Patrol District is the most dangerous. So far, 634 people have been beaten and 27 killed there.

6. Men fare worst. Three in four homicide victims are men. Among known suspects, there are 10 times more men than women (51 versus 5).

7. There is a lot of black-on-black crime. Over 70 percent of victims are African American. Among suspects, 79 percent are African Americans. By contrast, no victims have been Asian.

8. Senior citizens are the safest. No victims have been over 65. There have been 36 in the 17-25 age range.

9. Victims aren’t so innocent. Three in four victims have prior arrests.

10. Drive-by. September is drive-by king with 32 incidents reported.

Bonus: The profile of a person least at-risk is a female Asian senior citizen with no criminal record on a Wednesday morning between 6 and 8 a.m. in the North Patrol District in January. But then again, see number 4.