It was the most violent year in the history of the city.

Kansas City.

But who/whom was responsible for this ignoble accolade?

Kansas City, Missouri is 55 percent white and 30 percent black. Our friends at the Kansas City Police Department put together one of the more thorough analyses of homicide available in all the nation on a yearly basis.

The 2023 Homicide Report was especially revealing, noting of 182 victims:

• 73 percent were black
• 17 percent were white

But what was astonishing about 2023 was the race of the suspects in these homicides: 118 are black, 15 are Hispanic, and 19 are white.

Which means that 88 percent of known homicide suspects (152) in 55 percent white Kansas City, Missouri in 2020 were non-white.

Or, for those keeping score at home, 78 percent of known homicide suspects in 30 percent black Kansas City in 2023 were black.

What percent of those uncleared homicides do you think have a black suspect? Probably close to 99 percent.

This is data no local publication or news affiliate in Kansas City will report, so we felt compelled to break it down for you.