Table 4

Handgun homicides of Illinois children,^a1973–83, with regard to perpetrator and circumstances, by age

	<5 years		5–9 years		10–14 years		15–19 years		All^b
	No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%
^a Illinois Victim-Level Murder File. Derived from Supplementary Homicide Reports of the Uniform Crime Reports. L S Miller, November 28, 1984, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (personal communication).
^b Includes age unknown.
^c Missing observations: perpetrator, 428; circumstances, 83.
^d Other: spouse-spouse, other family, gambling offence, lovers' triangle, money argument, other arguments, alcohol brawl, drug brawl, sniper attack, other non-felony, unknown.
Perpetrator^c
Stranger	2	15	2	18	12	32	134	27	152	27
Friend	—	—	1	9	7	19	79	16	89	16
Parent	7	54	4	36	2	5	7	1	20	4
Other family	2	15	2	18	4	11	23	5	31	6
Other	2	15	2	18	12	32	245	50	264	47
All	13	99	11	99	37	99	488	99	556	100
Circumstances
Parent-child	1	8	—	—	—	—	5	1	6	1
Robbery, burglary, suspect felony, other felony	0	—	4	31	6	10	118	15	130	14
Drug offence or gangs	1	8	1	8	13	22	133	17	148	16
Other^d	10	83	8	62	40	68	550	68	617	68
All	12	99	13	101	59	100	806	101	901	99