Table 5.
Description of types of firearm-related behavior identified in manual record review
| Categorya | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| All Cases | N=437 (100) |
| Explicit verbal threat | 200 (45.8) |
| Explicit written threat | 16 (3.7) |
| Explicit verbal or written threat | 46 (10.5) |
| Threatened-unknown verbal/written/action | 7 (1.6) |
| Shooting/dischargeb | 56 (12.8) |
| o Intentionally shot and hit person | 8 (1.8) |
| o Intentionally shot person but did not hit person | 18 (4.1) |
| o Unintentionally shot and hit person | 4 (0.9) |
| o Intentionally shot non-person but hit person | 2 (0.5) |
| o Intentionally shot at non-person, did not hit person | 14 (3.2) |
| o Intentionally shot around person, did not hit person | 7 (1.6) |
| o Intentionally shot animal | 3 (0.7) |
| Physical harm | 8 (1.8) |
| Point/touch firearm | 102 (23.3) |
| Brandish | 57 (13.0) |
| Other firearm threat | 38 (8.7) |
| Hunting | 9 (2.1) |
| Unlawful possession | 55 (12.6) |
| Firearm possession | 145 (33.2) |
| Stole firearm | 15 (3.4) |
| Cases With >=1 UCR Violent Crime Charges | N=108 (100) |
| Explicit verbal threat | 42 (38.9) |
| Explicit written threat | 2 (1.9) |
| Explicit verbal or written threat | 5 (4.6) |
| Threatened-unknown verbal/written/action | 1 (0.9) |
| Shooting/dischargeb | 25 (23.1) |
| o Intentionally shot and hit person | 7 (6.5) |
| o Intentionally shot person but did not hit person | 8 (7.4) |
| o Unintentionally shot and hit person | 3 (2.8) |
| o Intentionally shot non-person but hit person | 0 (0) |
| o Intentionally shot at non-person, did not hit person | 4 (3.7) |
| o Intentionally shot around person, did not hit person | 3 (2.8) |
| o Intentionally shot animal | 0 (0) |
| Physical harm | 6 (5.6) |
| Point/touch firearm | 60 (55.6) |
| Brandish | 18 (16.7) |
| Other firearm threat | 6 (5.6) |
| Hunting | 1 (0.9) |
| Unlawful possession | 8 (7.4) |
| Firearm possession | 56 (51.9) |
| Stole firearm | 1 (0.9) |
| Cases With >=1 Non-UCR Violent Crime Charges | N=288 (100) |
| Explicit verbal threat | 167 (58.0) |
| Explicit written threat | 15 (5.2) |
| Explicit verbal or written threat | 45 (15.6) |
| Threatened-unknown verbal/written/action | 6 (2.1) |
| Shooting/dischargeb | 25 (8.7) |
| o Intentionally shot and hit person | 1 (0.3) |
| o Intentionally shot person but did not hit person | 9 (3.1) |
| o Unintentionally shot and hit person | 0 (0) |
| o Intentionally shot non-person but hit person | 2 (0.7) |
| o Intentionally shot at non-person, did not hit person | 9 (3.1) |
| o Intentionally shot around person, did not hit person | 4 (1.4) |
| o Intentionally shot animal | 0 (0) |
| Physical harm | 5 (1.7) |
| Point/touch firearm | 55 (19.1) |
| Brandish | 36 (12.5) |
| Other firearm threat | 31 (10.8) |
| Hunting | 0 (0) |
| Unlawful possession | 18 (6.3) |
| Firearm possession | 78 (27.1) |
| Stole firearm | 3 (1.0) |
| Cases With Exclusively Non-Violent Charges | N=74 (100) |
| Explicit verbal threat | 6 (8.1) |
| Explicit written threat | 0 (0) |
| Explicit verbal or written threat | 0 (0) |
| Threatened-unknown verbal/written/action | 0 (0) |
| Shooting/dischargeb | 13 (17.6) |
| o Intentionally shot and hit person | 1 (1.4) |
| o Intentionally shot person but did not hit person | 4 (5.4) |
| o Unintentionally shot and hit person | 1 (1.4) |
| o Intentionally shot non-person but hit person | 0 (0) |
| o Intentionally shot at non-person, did not hit person | 3 (4.1) |
| o Intentionally shot around person, did not hit person | 1 (1.4) |
| o Intentionally shot animal | 3 (4.1) |
| Physical harm | 1 (1.4) |
| Point/touch firearm | 3 (4.1) |
| Brandish | 7 (9.5) |
| Other firearm threat | 2 (2.7) |
| Hunting | 8 (10.8) |
| Unlawful possession | 32 (43.2) |
| Firearm possession | 27 (36.5) |
| Stole firearm | 11 (14.9) |
aCategories are not mutually exclusive per case
bSub-categories of shooting/discharge are mutually exclusive