Expanded Homicide Data Table 11

Murder Circumstances
by Weapon, 2011

Total
murder
victims
Circumstances
Total
12,664
Felony type total:
1,816
Rape
15
Robbery
734
Burglary
92
Larceny-theft
11
Motor vehicle theft
23
Arson
37
Prostitution and commercialized vice
3
Other sex offenses
9
Narcotic drug laws
390
Gambling
8
494
Suspected felony type
60
Other than felony type total:
5,976
Romantic triangle
85
Child killed by babysitter
39
Brawl due to influence of alcohol
111
Brawl due to influence of narcotics
115
Argument over money or property
155
Other arguments
3,128
Gangland killings
150
Juvenile gang killings
523
Institutional killings
22
Sniper attack
1
1,647
Unknown
4,812

Other
guns or
Total
type not
firearms Handguns Rifles Shotguns stated
8,583 6,220
323
356 1,684
1,271 1,007
32
50
182
1
1
0
0
0
553
474
12
12
55
52
38
1
4
9
5
4
0
0
1
6
1
1
0
4
3
2
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
318
267
3
11
37
7
6
0
1
0
324
213
15
22
74
42
35
0
4
3
3,684 2,761
192
213
518
57
41
3
4
9
0
0
0
0
0
50
39
0
6
5
84
71
2
2
9
104
76
9
8
11
1,844 1,416
96
116
216
143
106
5
1
31
476
391
12
11
62
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
925
620
65
65
175
3,586 2,417
99
89
981

Blunt
Personal
Pushed
objects weapons
or
Knives or (clubs,
(hands,
thrown
cutting hammers, fists, feet,
out
instruments
etc.)
etc.)
Poison window Explosives Fire Narcotics Drowning Strangulation Asphyxiation Other
1,694
496
726
5
2
12
75
29
15
85
89
853
200
82
62
0
0
3
35
12
3
15
11
122
1
1
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
75
42
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
3
35
21
10
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
6
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
7
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
10
0
0
0
0
2
21
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
32
7
3
0
0
0
4
11
0
0
3
12
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
46
15
24
0
0
1
10
1
3
6
5
59
4
6
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
1,083
220
488
3
1
1
20
15
12
37
47
365
20
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
8
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
15
23
5
23
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
6
8
4
4
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
10
28
5
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
7
762
125
219
0
1
0
8
3
2
17
19
128
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
35
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
4
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
199
64
209
3
0
1
12
7
9
13
23
182
407
188
173
2
1
8
20
2
0
31
31
363