U.S. Department of Justice and Nonnegligent Manslaughter Federal Bureau of Investigation Criminal Justice Information Services Division

NIBRSFor UCR purposes, law enforcement agencies The FBI Uniforma Reporting (UCR) Program National Incident-Based Reporting System (LEAs) report any death (NIBRS) defines Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter as: due to injuries received in a fight, quarrel, The willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another argument, , or commission of a crime as For 2013, LEAs reported 3,465 victims of Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter to the NIBRS. Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter. SEX and RACE of VICTIM and OFFENDER1 Although LEAs may charge Sex Race offenders with lesser offenses, e.g., negligent Native American Hawaiian manslaughter, agencies Black or Indian/ or Other report the offense as Unknown African Alaska Pacific Unknown Murder and Nonnegligent Male Female Sex White American Native Asian Islander Race Manslaughter if the killing Victim 2,573 877 15 1,567 1,780 21 41 0 56 was willful or intentional. Offender2 3,258 477 298 1,511 2,096 33 37 0 356 Agencies do not classify , traffic fatalities 1There were 426 incidenst of Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter with an Unknown Offender (i.e., where (including those involving law enforcement knew nothing about who committed the crime). DUI), fetal deaths, 2LEAs reported the victims of Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter were 25 percent female and 74 percent to murder, male. Over 51 percent of the offenders were black or African American; 37 percent were white. attempted , or accidental deaths as LOCATION WHERE MURDER and NONNEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER OCCURS Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter. In addition, the FBI UCR Program classifies assault Bar/Nightclub Other to murder and attempted 2% Locations murder as Aggravated Field/Woods 12% Assault, and it counts 3% some accidental deaths as Parking Lot/Drop Lot/Garage Negligent Manslaughter. 6% Residence/Home Situations in which a victim 54% Highway/Road/ dies of a heart attack as Alley/Street/ a result of a or Sidewalk of witnessing a crime AGE of VICTIM and OFFENDER1 23% likewise do not meet the criteria for inclusion as 40% Murder and Nonnegligent 35% Manslaughter. An offender cannot willfully cause 30% someone to have a heart 25% attack. Even in instances 20% where an individual has Victim Offender a weak heart, there is no 15% assurance an offender can 10% cause sufficient emotional or physical stress to 5% guarantee the victim will 0% suffer a fatal heart attack.

1The victim of Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter was most often 20-29 years old (1,062) and the offender was most often 20-29 years old (1,509). MURDER and NONNEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER by WEAPON/FORCE USED1 Percent Distribution, 2013

Other Types of Weapons2 Automatic Firearm 35 Firearm Rifle 89 (type not stated) Automatic Rifle 11 Other Types 23% of Weapons Shotgun 107 23% Other Firearm 17 Automatic Other Firearm 1 Blunt Object 134 Personal Weapons Motor Vehicle 48 (hands, fists, teeth, etc.) Poison 2 7% Handguns Explosives 1 Knife/Cutting 32% Instrument Fire/Incendiary Device 41 11% Drugs/Narcotics/Sleeping Pills 33 Asphyxiation 42 Other3 120 Automatic Handgun 4%

RELATIONSHIP of the VICTIM to the OFFENDER 1LEAs may report multiple weapons per offense type. Percent with known 2Due to rounding, the percentages do not add to 23 percent. victim/offender relationship 3Other includes drowning, strangulation, suffocation, gas, etc. Total 100%

Stranger 19% Known to Victim 81% Acquaintance 33% Spouse 7% Boyfriend/Girlfriend 7% Friend 5% CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING MURDER and Child 5% NONNEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER Otherwise Known 11% All Other Relationships 13% Other Argument WHEN DO the MAJORITY of MURDER and Circumstances NONNEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER OFFENSES OCCUR? 22% 20% Unknown 48% y Drug Dealing, Lovers’ Quarrel & Gangland Hours Between 7 PM - 3 AM Other Involved 1% y 3 each 3% 1The circumstances Assault on Law Enforcement Officer, Juvenile Gang, and Mercy Killing were added into Other Circumstances since their combined percentage was less than one percent. 7 y