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Expanded Homicide Data Table 11

Murder Circumstances

by Weapon, 2018

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 14,123 10,265 6,603 297 235 3,130 1,515 443 668 5 4 4 72 78 9 70 90 900
Felony type total: 2,108 1,532 1,059 38 23 412 189 72 76 0 2 2 32 41 2 11 14 135
Rape 13 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Robbery 548 454 333 10 9 102 39 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 7
Burglary 75 52 32 2 1 17 9 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Larceny-theft 23 13 4 1 0 8 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Motor vehicle theft 59 28 9 0 2 17 8 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8
Arson 64 12 7 0 0 5 4 3 2 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 2 16
Prostitution and commercialized vice 13 6 5 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Other sex offenses 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Narcotic drug laws 560 471 367 10 5 89 23 5 5 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 20
Gambling 6 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other-not specified 742 484 291 15 6 172 97 23 35 0 2 2 7 5 2 6 3 76
Suspected felony type 208 144 90 3 5 46 29 7 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 5 15
Other than felony type total: 6,299 4,265 3,057 151 150 907 900 205 437 4 2 2 20 28 7 42 50 337
Domestic violence 131 90 65 9 4 12 22 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
Child killed by babysitter 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
Brawl due to influence of alcohol 65 33 19 1 3 10 13 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3
Brawl due to influence of narcotics 59 50 46 2 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Argument over money or property 199 125 91 7 6 21 49 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Other arguments 3,196 2,089 1,516 71 90 412 618 119 192 2 0 0 12 2 2 25 24 111
Gangland killings 306 289 244 5 0 40 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4
Juvenile gang killings 308 286 231 3 1 51 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Institutional killings 23 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5
Other-not specified 1,983 1,303 845 53 45 360 166 61 186 1 0 2 7 26 5 9 19 198
Unknown 5,508 4,324 2,397 105 57 1,765 397 159 153 1 0 0 17 7 0 16 21 413