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Article: The New Face Of Murder In America: Family Killings Decline, Fewer Cases Are Solved; Killers Are Younger
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- The Washington Post
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- October 23, 1995
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In California, a 3-year-old girl is shot to death by gang members
because the car she is in made a wrong turn. In Pennsylvania, a 19-
year-old who had fought his way back from cancer is shot to death by
a teenage girl who apparently wanted cash.
In Washington, a college freshman is killed on her porch by a
bullet intended for someone else. A few days later, a District police
officer is shot in the head in an unprovoked attack. Within a week he
is dead.
Headline-grabbing, random killings. Aberrations.
A developing body of statistics suggests otherwise.
The nature of homicide in the United States has changed
dramatically, according to Justice Department crime data, which show
that the ...