Expanded Homicide Data Table 13

Murder Circumstances

by Sex of Victim, 2010

Circumstances	Total murder victims	Male	Female	Unknown
Total	12,996	10,058	2,918	20
Felony type total:	1,923	1,601	319	3
Rape	41	0	41	0
Robbery	780	696	83	1
Burglary	80	60	20	0
Larceny-theft	20	16	4	0
Motor vehicle theft	37	27	10	0
Arson	35	24	11	0
Prostitution and commercialized vice	5	0	5	0
Other sex offenses	14	10	4	0
Narcotic drug laws	463	431	32	0
Gambling	7	7	0	0
Othernot specified	441	330	109	2
Suspected felony type	66	40	25	1
Other than felony type total:	6,351	4,648	1,697	6
Romantic triangle	90	72	18	0
Child killed by babysitter	36	21	15	0
Brawl due to influence of alcohol	121	103	18	0
Brawl due to influence of narcotics	58	44	14	0
Argument over money or property	181	153	28	0
Other arguments	3,215	2,316	897	2
Gangland killings	176	164	12	0
Juvenile gang killings	673	639	33	1
Institutional killings	17	15	2	0
Sniper attack	3	3	0	0
Othernot specified	1,781	1,118	660	3
Unknown	4,656	3,769	877	10

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