Expanded Homicide Data Table 11
Murder Circumstances
by Weapon, 2010
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 | 12,996 | 8,775 | 6,009 | 358 | 373 | 2,035 | 1,704 | 540 | 742 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 74 | 39 | 10 | 122 | 98 | 874 |
Felony type total: | 1,923 | 1,391 | 976 | 53 | 60 | 302 | 190 | 84 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 105 |
Rape | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
Robbery | 780 | 603 | 463 | 16 | 19 | 105 | 69 | 44 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
Burglary | 80 | 49 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Larceny-theft | 20 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Motor vehicle theft | 37 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Arson | 35 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Other sex offenses | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Narcotic drug laws | 463 | 391 | 264 | 7 | 12 | 108 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
Gambling | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Othernot specified | 441 | 305 | 193 | 27 | 24 | 61 | 45 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 48 |
Suspected felony type | 66 | 44 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Other than felony type total: | 6,351 | 3,960 | 2,842 | 187 | 204 | 727 | 1,032 | 275 | 530 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 56 | 56 | 374 |
Romantic triangle | 90 | 59 | 43 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Child killed by babysitter | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Brawl due to influence of alcohol | 121 | 55 | 38 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Brawl due to influence of narcotics | 58 | 29 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Argument over money or property | 181 | 112 | 79 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Other arguments | 3,215 | 1,937 | 1,346 | 91 | 120 | 380 | 686 | 152 | 228 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 20 | 149 |
Gangland killings | 176 | 160 | 102 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Juvenile gang killings | 673 | 624 | 529 | 10 | 7 | 78 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Institutional killings | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Sniper attack | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Othernot specified | 1,781 | 980 | 680 | 59 | 51 | 190 | 205 | 83 | 238 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 182 |
Unknown | 4,656 | 3,380 | 2,160 | 116 | 107 | 997 | 472 | 180 | 148 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 25 | 391 |