Expanded Homicide Data Table 10

Expanded Homicide Data Table 10
Murder Circumstances
by Weapon, 2005

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Circumstances	Total murder victims	Total firearms	Handguns	Rifles	Shotguns	Other guns or type not stated	Knives or cutting instruments	Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.)	Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.)	Poison	Pushed or thrown out window	Explosives	Fire	Narcotics	Drowning	Strangulation	Asphyxiation	Other
Total	14,860	10,100	7,543	442	517	1,598	1,914	597	888	9	4	2	123	44	20	120	96	943
Felony type total:	2,161	1,585	1,247	60	82	196	184	92	91	0	0	0	45	14	4	28	17	101
Rape	44	4	3	0	0	1	9	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	4
Robbery	921	698	588	24	38	48	83	54	44	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	4	27
Burglary	88	51	41	1	4	5	17	6	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	6
Larceny-theft	12	8	6	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Motor vehicle theft	31	15	12	1	1	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	6
Arson	37	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	1
Prostitution and commercialized vice	13	8	4	1	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Other sex offenses	9	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Narcotic drug laws	589	499	407	15	13	64	35	11	11	0	0	0	2	13	0	1	2	15
Gambling	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Othernot specified	415	298	183	18	26	71	29	12	14	0	0	0	7	0	3	4	6	42
Suspected felony type	44	33	23	5	2	3	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Other than felony type total:	7,044	4,444	3,470	234	294	446	1,199	273	597	8	0	2	38	22	13	53	47	348
Romantic triangle	117	78	61	6	5	6	26	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Child killed by babysitter	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Brawl due to influence of alcohol	120	53	42	2	3	6	27	11	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9
Brawl due to influence of narcotics	97	63	59	2	0	2	11	5	4	3	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	4
Argument over money or property	211	151	122	11	12	6	26	14	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	12
Other arguments	3,692	2,273	1,765	116	173	219	844	137	244	1	0	1	17	2	1	37	17	118
Gangland killings	96	87	58	7	6	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Juvenile gang killings	754	711	635	24	14	38	32	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
Institutional killings	12	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Sniper attack	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Othernot specified	1,917	1,025	726	65	81	153	221	98	295	3	0	1	19	16	12	11	26	190
Unknown	5,611	4,038	2,803	143	139	953	528	227	199	1	4	0	40	8	3	38	32	493