Bureau of Justice Statistics
Homicide trends in the United States
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide
Date of release: May 23 2007

"Justifiable homicide age of felon killed"

"Number of justifiable homicides"
Age of felon killed,By citizen,By police
11,0,1
12,2,2
13,11,7
14,31,28
15,89,78
16,158,138
17,279,251
18,348,281
19,386,403
20,441,458
21,402,472
22,409,481
23,408,457
24,388,438
25,418,478
26,383,466
27,351,441
28,306,408
29,301,419
30,321,396
31,271,378
32,241,355
33,261,328
34,215,329
35,198,274
36,179,282
37,174,246
38,167,235
39,151,204
40,152,212
41,127,191
42,109,155
43,106,154
44,88,133
45,98,126
46,65,101
47,62,98
48,58,108
49,60,87
50,52,85
51,47,50
52,34,62
53,32,60
54,26,44
55,27,51
56,24,44
57,17,48
58,17,30
59,22,37
60,18,35
61,10,24
62,12,30
63,10,27
64,15,22
65,10,27
66,9,19
67,7,19
68,7,10
69,6,14
70,5,12
71,1,13
72,1,14
73,6,10
74,5,10
75,1,6
76,5,6
77,5,1
78,3,5
79,1,8
80,1,3
81,0,7
82,1,4
83,1,3
84,1,3
85,0,4
86,3,1
87,1,0
88,0,1
89,0,1
94,0,1
97,1,0
99,1,0

"Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2005"
"See the methodology section in 'Additional Information About the Data' for weighting and imputation procedures used."