Violent crime in Fort Wayne up from 2012

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - NewsChannel 15 has covered the following violent crimes that have occurred in the city in 2013 as of March 19: 

• Jan. 11: Ryan Turner died of gunshot wounds after going to a gas station on East Lewis Street for help.
• Jan 19: Jermaine Foster was shot and killed in a car in the 7900-block of Serenity Drive.
• Jan 27:  Jeremy Crews was gunned down and died in the hospital.
• Feb. 11: Nathaniel Rainer was found dead from gunshot wounds in a vacant lot.
• Feb. 20: An armed robbery ended with Stephen Wattley II being shot by police.
• Feb. 23: A heated argument led to a shooting that left Antonio Galvan III dead.
• March 14: Demarcus Adams died in his mother arms after being shot. Adams had previously been the victim of a shooting on Feb. 15.
• March 15: Mark Young was shot and pushed out of a car after an argument. He was declared dead at the hospital.
• March 16: Jordan Williams was shot early in the morning after he answered a knock on his door. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
• March 19: Gerelle Borum, was shot dead walking down Rudisill Blvd Tuesday afternoon.

In the first three months of 2012, there were three homicides in Fort Wayne. However, in the first three months of 2013, there have been nine.

"There will be a lot of activity at a period of time, but it is by no means an indicator of what the year will look like," said Raquel Foster, the Public Information Officer for the Fort Wayne Police Department.

Police said some of the more recent shootings were not related to each other but are linked to previous shootings earlier in the year. Many of the nine homicide victims this year have had prior run-ins with the law, and seven of the city's serious shooting victims have been 25 or younger.

"They're engaged in a lifestyle where the likelihood of them dying at a young age is very high," Foster said.

There have been nine homicides this year and one shooting that has left one of the victims in critical condition. Out of the 10 cases, only two have had people arrested and charged.