FBI - Crime in the US, 2002

Table 5.16

**Sniper-attack Murder Incidents**

by Year and Region, 1982-2001
Year	Total	Northeast¹	Midwest²	South³	West⁴


Total	327	35	83	60	149

1982	12	1	2	6	3
1983	17	1	4	6	6
1984	18	3	3	1	11
1985	10	1	2	3	4
1986	9	2	1	3	3
1987	28	3	1	4	20
1988	47	0	3	4	40
1989	46	1	0	2	43
1990	40	2	22	4	12
1991	10	1	4	4	1
1992	31	1	29	1	0
1993	6	0	2	3	1
1994	2	0	2	0	0
1995	11	0	5	6	0
1996	8	2	0	6	0
1997	4	2	0	2	0
1998	10	5	0	4	1
1999	5	1	1	0	3
2000	8	7	0	1	0
2001	5	2	2	0	1

¹ Includes incidents reported by the States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
² Includes incidents reported by the States of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
³ Includes incidents reported by the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
⁴ Includes incidents reported by the States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

Table 5.16

Sniper-attack Murder Incidents

by Year and Region, 1982-2001