FULL STORY: https://www.10tv.com/article/news/investigations/10-investigates/half-of-columbus-homicide-and-assault-suspects-are-21-or-younger/530-85722360-e74f-4458-8c7b-862546e3ac6b In the last six weeks, the City of Columbus has seen a deadly shooting at a Livingston Avenue market, shots fired at a park and a deadly shooting near a Polaris-area apartment complex. 10 Investigates crunched the numbers and found that the average age of those connected to these cases is about 18 years old. Newly released numbers from the Columbus Division of Police seem to support a trend of younger people connected to violent crimes. Police data shows that as of July 7, there have been 802 felonious assault suspects in the city. CPD says they don't know the ages of about 339 of those suspects. But for the remaining 463 suspects, about half are 21 years old or younger. The same trend shows in the updated homicide numbers. To date, CPD has identified 54 homicide suspects, but couldn't provide an age for six of them. Of the remaining 48, people 21 years old and younger make up half of the suspect list. On Thursday, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther told 10TV that in addition to youth programs, the city is also meeting with local judges to make sure the number of young people with guns is trending down. "There's progress being made. It's not happening as fast as I want," he said. But it's work that anti-violence advocate Derrick Russell said isn't just on city leaders. "Them parents, they got to meet us halfway — 50-50," Russell said. And Russell said that effort extends to everyone in the community. "It's still going to affect you in some type of way because by now, here come some teenagers that want to break in your house, steal your car," he said. He added that it will take time and consistency to change things. "It's a lifetime commitment in doing this work because it's always going to be crime. It's always going to be shootings. But we can manage it," he said.