From 2005 to 2015, there were 1,070 homicides in the city of Milwaukee, with blacks being the victims 78% of the time and suspects in 82% of the murders

Hispanics were the victims 11% of the time and suspects in 10% of the murders; and whites were victims 9% of the time and suspects in 6% of the murders. Between the years 2006 and 2015, there were 5,122 nonfatal shootings in the city of Milwaukee, with blacks victims in 87% of the nonfatal shootings and also suspects in 87% of the cases. Hispanics were victims in 8% of the nonfatal shootings and suspects in 9% of the cases, and white people were victims in 5% of the nonfatal shootings and suspects in 2% of the cases. In the city of 597,867 people, Milwaukee is 40% black, 17% Latino and 37% white.