Bureau of Justice Statistics,,
Homicide trends in the United States,,
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide,,
Date of release: January 17 2007,,

Number of justifiable homicides,,

Year,By citizen,By police
1976,381,420
1977,240,314
1978,280,314
1979,383,443
1980,467,459
1981,495,383
1982,423,380
1983,334,419
1984,265,333
1985,265,321
1986,289,303
1987,246,300
1988,233,342
1989,273,363
1990,328,385
1991,331,367
1992,351,418
1993,357,455
1994,353,462
1995,268,389
1996,261,356
1997,277,369
1998,196,367
1999,192,308
2000,164,309
2001,221,378
2002,233,341
2003,245,371
2004,219,368
2005,192,343


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