Expanded Homicide Data Table 11
Murder Circumstances
by Weapon, 2015
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 | 13,455 | 9,616 | 6,447 | 252 | 269 | 2,648 | 1,544 | 437 | 623 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 82 | 70 | 14 | 96 | 120 | 844 |
Felony type total: | 2,014 | 1,458 | 1,042 | 36 | 40 | 340 | 178 | 84 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 40 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 115 |
Rape | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Robbery | 595 | 467 | 366 | 5 | 15 | 81 | 42 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
Burglary | 102 | 66 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Larceny-theft | 16 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Motor vehicle theft | 41 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Arson | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Other sex offenses | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Narcotic drug laws | 468 | 389 | 306 | 7 | 2 | 74 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Gambling | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other-not specified | 735 | 490 | 307 | 16 | 17 | 150 | 88 | 36 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 55 |
Suspected felony type | 117 | 84 | 56 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
Other than felony type total: | 5,958 | 3,941 | 2,884 | 140 | 162 | 755 | 913 | 203 | 410 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 47 | 72 | 328 |
Romantic triangle | 106 | 76 | 54 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Child killed by babysitter | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Brawl due to influence of alcohol | 112 | 41 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
Brawl due to influence of narcotics | 75 | 41 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Argument over money or property | 184 | 127 | 95 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
Other arguments | 2,941 | 1,822 | 1,325 | 50 | 99 | 348 | 633 | 111 | 186 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 29 | 116 |
Gangland killings | 188 | 175 | 146 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Juvenile gang killings | 604 | 578 | 465 | 6 | 3 | 104 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Institutional killings | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Sniper attack | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other-not specified | 1,683 | 1,075 | 745 | 60 | 44 | 226 | 161 | 57 | 162 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 167 |
Unknown | 5,366 | 4,133 | 2,465 | 75 | 63 | 1,530 | 444 | 147 | 139 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 30 | 388 |