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Expanded Homicide Data Table 11

Murder Circumstances

by Weapon, 2019

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 13,927 10,258 6,368 364 200 3,326 1,476 397 597 16 3 3 81 93 7 64 92 840
Felony type total: 2,012 1,502 1,019 71 26 386 163 49 74 3 0 2 47 58 0 3 12 99
Rape 8 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Robbery 509 422 318 13 6 85 37 15 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15
Burglary 84 60 43 3 1 13 10 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Larceny-theft 29 18 10 1 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Motor vehicle theft 38 17 8 0 0 9 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Arson 73 12 5 1 0 6 13 3 2 0 0 2 36 0 0 0 0 5
Prostitution and commercialized vice 12 7 6 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Other sex offenses 9 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Narcotic drug laws 591 500 369 8 9 114 14 3 8 3 0 0 1 52 0 0 2 8
Gambling 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other-not specified 656 460 256 45 9 150 63 16 36 0 0 0 10 6 0 2 5 58
Suspected felony type 141 90 41 6 1 42 27 7 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 5
Other than felony type total: 6,030 4,089 2,769 164 126 1,030 852 207 391 8 3 0 22 28 3 31 56 340
Domestic violence 88 62 47 2 4 9 12 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Child killed by babysitter 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Brawl due to influence of alcohol 46 19 14 1 1 3 14 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Brawl due to influence of narcotics 29 13 9 1 0 3 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1
Argument over money or property 128 88 65 5 5 13 22 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
Other arguments 3,410 2,274 1,541 80 85 568 612 144 202 0 1 0 8 0 0 15 26 128
Gangland killings 274 267 212 8 2 45 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Juvenile gang killings 292 270 199 3 4 64 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Institutional killings 29 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 6
Other-not specified 1,714 1,096 682 64 25 325 155 47 142 5 2 0 13 24 3 13 26 188
Unknown 5,744 4,577 2,539 123 47 1,868 434 134 127 5 0 1 11 5 3 28 23 396