New York, NY - More Than 1,600 Murders In NYC Over Last 3 Years

New York, NY - More than 1,600 murders were committed in New York City from 2003 to 2005, with men and boys responsible for carrying out the most in cases that were solved.

Brooklyn led other boroughs in the number of homicides that occurred; more murders happened on Saturday; and approximately one-third of cases are unsolved. Of the remainder, men and boys were responsible for 93 percent of the murders, And in more than half the cases, the killer and the victim knew each other.