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Homicide trends in the U.S.
Justifiable homicide age of felon killed

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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 also Additional Information About the Data for details about weighting and imputation.

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