If "not from the area" means "people who live less than 5 miles away" then sure.
That's like saying "None of the criminals we arrested were from Santa Monica! They're all from Los Angeles!"
and have criminal records.
What percentage of teens and 20-somethings from St. Louis have never had a brush with the law?
The area isn't too far from the Metrolink route, so thugs could easily be showing up from as far away as Illinois.
I heard a report on the area in question early this morning. Evidently the community is pretty tight. Blacks there don’t want problems with their neighbors. The Whites and Blacks there seem to get along. It’s about 65% Black and 30% White. Hey, if that’s the straight scoop, I’m not going to knock it.
Don’t forget, the family of the killed youth demanded folks stop looting and destroying the neighborhood. That should tell you quite a bit right there.