https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States"People with a criminal record were also more likely to die as homicide victims.[25] Between 1990 and 1994, 75% of all homicide victims age 21 and younger in the city of Boston had a prior criminal record.[48] In Philadelphia, the percentage of those killed in gun homicides that had prior criminal records increased from 73% in 1985 to 93% in 1996.[25][49] In Richmond, Virginia, the risk of gunshot injury is 22 times higher for those males involved with crime.[50]"