Pattern in Taxi Homicides

The typical fatal scenario is a night time shooting from inside the cab. Most of the deaths are due to head or neck injuries, and most of the assailants are in their teens. The following are the main findings from my report "606 Taxicab Driver Homicides, United States and Canada, 1980-1994"

94% of the attacks occur when the driver is inside the cab.

85% of the fatal injuries are gunshot wounds.

82% of the assaults occur at night.

74% of the deaths are due to head and neck injuries.

64% of the deaths are from gunshots to the head.

66% of the assailants are under age twenty.

47% of the assailants act alone.

25% of the assailants are outside the cab.