Expanded Homicide Data Table 11
Murder Circumstances
by Weapon, 2011
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 | 12,664 | 8,583 | 6,220 | 323 | 356 | 1,684 | 1,694 | 496 | 726 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 75 | 29 | 15 | 85 | 89 | 853 |
Felony type total: | 1,816 | 1,271 | 1,007 | 32 | 50 | 182 | 200 | 82 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 122 |
Rape | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Robbery | 734 | 553 | 474 | 12 | 12 | 55 | 75 | 42 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 35 |
Burglary | 92 | 52 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Larceny-theft | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Motor vehicle theft | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Arson | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Other sex offenses | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Narcotic drug laws | 390 | 318 | 267 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
Gambling | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Othernot specified | 494 | 324 | 213 | 15 | 22 | 74 | 46 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 59 |
Suspected felony type | 60 | 42 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Other than felony type total: | 5,976 | 3,684 | 2,761 | 192 | 213 | 518 | 1,083 | 220 | 488 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 37 | 47 | 365 |
Romantic triangle | 85 | 57 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Child killed by babysitter | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
Brawl due to influence of alcohol | 111 | 50 | 39 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Brawl due to influence of narcotics | 115 | 84 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Argument over money or property | 155 | 104 | 76 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Other arguments | 3,128 | 1,844 | 1,416 | 96 | 116 | 216 | 762 | 125 | 219 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 128 |
Gangland killings | 150 | 143 | 106 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Juvenile gang killings | 523 | 476 | 391 | 12 | 11 | 62 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Institutional killings | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Sniper attack | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Othernot specified | 1,647 | 925 | 620 | 65 | 65 | 175 | 199 | 64 | 209 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 182 |
Unknown | 4,812 | 3,586 | 2,417 | 99 | 89 | 981 | 407 | 188 | 173 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 363 |