Data on homicide suspects are less complete — and therefore less conclusive — than victim data because many killings go unsolved. However, available data do indicate similar racial disparities among homicide suspects.
Of those killings between 1998 and 2020 where police recorded a description of the suspect's race, 50% were Latino and 34% were Black, while 4% were white and 3% were listed as "other." This year, 42% of noted suspects have been described as Latino, 46% Black and 4% white, according to LAPD data.
Whites 4% perps -- 8% victims aka whites are killed twice as much as they are the killer.