Bureau of Justice Statistics,,,,, Homicide trends in the United States,,,,, www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide,,,,, Date of release: January 17 2007,,,,, Justifiable homicides by citizens,,,,, Year of offense,Attacked cop,Attacked citizen,Fled or resisted,Disrupted crime,Undetermined 1976,8,101,11,212,49 1977,2,80,4,134,20 1978,2,82,6,182,8 1979,5,111,13,237,17 1980,1,108,17,329,12 1981,6,153,20,300,16 1982,13,87,5,305,13 1983,3,86,6,208,31 1984,9,44,7,178,27 1985,1,52,6,175,31 1986,3,82,5,182,17 1987,7,70,5,152,12 1988,2,54,5,151,21 1989,4,77,4,173,15 1990,5,94,5,206,18 1991,6,78,1,217,29 1992,11,112,5,203,20 1993,2,86,6,232,31 1994,9,100,3,211,30 1995,5,82,4,153,24 1996,6,74,1,159,21 1997,3,66,3,168,37 1998,5,61,4,106,20 1999,6,66,4,92,24 2000,7,46,4,88,19 2001,6,66,2,116,31 2002,5,84,4,115,25 2003,3,68,4,145,25 2004,6,95,3,91,24 2005,3,91,2,77,19 Justifiable homicides by police,,,,, Year of offense,Attacked cop,Attacked citizen,Fled or resisted,Disrupted crime,Undetermined 1976,124,4,108,109,75 1977,128,4,65,95,22 1978,159,9,56,67,23 1979,209,9,77,109,39 1980,183,5,87,133,51 1981,138,7,76,120,42 1982,134,9,55,132,50 1983,171,10,66,120,52 1984,140,8,56,77,52 1985,131,14,62,84,30 1986,144,4,43,64,48 1987,154,8,39,70,29 1988,165,12,43,84,38 1989,186,15,52,82,28 1990,193,10,52,89,41 1991,171,11,53,94,38 1992,237,7,40,92,42 1993,285,4,28,86,52 1994,264,4,36,92,66 1995,220,2,32,84,51 1996,199,5,37,61,54 1997,208,6,28,80,47 1998,207,7,29,80,44 1999,197,6,23,53,29 2000,191,6,15,65,32 2001,229,8,18,74,49 2002,207,6,25,68,35 2003,219,6,27,81,38 2004,250,4,25,43,46 2005,222,8,27,53,33 "Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2005",,,,, See the methodology section in 'Additional Information About the Data' for weighting and imputation procedures used.,,,,,