Expanded Homicide Data Table 10

Murder Circumstances
by Weapon, 2006

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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	14,990	10,177	7,795	436	481	1,465	1,822	607	830	11	3	1	115	42	12	135	107	1,128
Felony type total:	2,436	1,770	1,432	84	74	180	180	98	87	0	0	0	39	7	0	26	13	216
Rape	32	4	4	0	0	0	5	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	2
Robbery	1,041	771	637	39	35	60	89	56	47	0	0	0	3	2	0	8	4	61
Burglary	79	50	35	4	3	8	16	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3
Larceny-theft	14	8	4	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Motor vehicle theft	15	6	5	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Arson	27	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	0
Prostitution and commercialized vice	8	3	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Other sex offenses	18	1	1	0	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6
Narcotic drug laws	796	632	529	22	21	60	33	15	11	0	0	0	1	5	0	3	0	96
Gambling	4	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Othernot specified	402	289	211	19	14	45	25	16	15	0	0	0	12	0	0	2	1	42
Suspected felony type	58	42	37	0	0	5	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5
Other than felony type total:	7,273	4,597	3,667	219	268	443	1,157	307	582	8	3	0	45	31	9	64	60	410
Romantic triangle	103	66	48	5	8	5	25	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Child killed by babysitter	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Brawl due to influence of alcohol	107	51	35	7	5	4	20	5	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11
Brawl due to influence of narcotics	51	28	22	1	3	2	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	2
Argument over money or property	198	132	108	3	8	13	38	9	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	0	3
Other arguments	3,607	2,213	1,760	100	153	200	760	175	231	1	1	0	16	2	2	36	16	154
Gangland killings	118	114	78	8	3	25	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Juvenile gang killings	865	811	748	26	13	24	33	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
Institutional killings	22	2	2	0	0	0	6	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Sniper attack	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Othernot specified	2,173	1,178	865	68	75	170	267	100	288	7	1	0	28	21	6	19	39	219
Unknown	5,223	3,768	2,659	133	139	837	483	202	157	2	0	1	31	4	3	41	34	497