This number includes all deaths resulting from a firearm, including suicides, homicides, and accidents. Homicide violence reached a peak in 2012 with an average of 20 homicides a day. He was in charge of solving cases such as homicides, robberies, and arson. These numbers include all homicides in the country, not just mass shootings. New Bedford has had thirty unsolved homicides since 2000. This consists of a centralized computer database of information on unsolved homicides. African Americans suffer a disproportionate share of firearm homicides. Gangs were responsible for 61% of the homicides in Chicago in 2011. The investigation ends with the fourteen homicides solved but the perpetrator already dead. Mainly homicides rather than battle related casualties. Between 1976 and 2008, African Americans were victims of 329,825 homicides. In 2008, there were 62 reported homicides. Gun homicides accounted for 2.4% of all homicides in the year 2011. Firearms were responsible for 14,415 or a little over 74% of all homicides. The agency said there were 660 reported homicides in Canada last year.