Edit: Added "violent," to preempt diversions about non-violent crimes.
This suspect is innocent until proven guilty and we will all still be here when the trial finishes. There is no reason to rush out to come up with a viewpoint that might be shown false with later revelations. If we've learned something from the people who jumped straight to total confidence that it was caused by homelessness, then let's apply it.
I hope that we can extend the same fundamental legal skepticism to society's most needy.
Homicide. Homicide is overwhelmingly committed by people known to their victims.
Violent Crime includes armed robbery, aggravated assault, forcible rape and murder. Not all of these crimes share that statistic.
As a category, “violent crimes” are overwhelmingly intimate.
This statement appears to be false, according to the linked DOJ report below (despite the claims made by the comment).
The report indicates violence committed by strangers is 2-3 times that of violence committed by known individuals.
Most violent crimes are committed by someone known to the victim (defined as an acquaintance, friend, family member, or intimate partner) and of the ones you listed, robbery is the only exception (62% committed by strangers, 32% committed by someone known, and 6% is unknown).
The linked report seems to indicate, in every year of every chart, "stranger violence" to be 2-3 times that of "domestic violence" (depending on the specific measurement).
Perhaps you were citing reporting percentages?
Domestic Violence is defined in the report as "includ[ing] the subset of violent victimizations that were committed by current or former intimate partners or family members, spouses, boyfriends, or girlfriends."
Stranger Violence is not defined in the report, but seems fairly clear non-the-less.
The report also states homicide statistics are not included in the figures.
But it’s not all culture war. I like to think that in HN it’s all legitimate viewpoints.