Table 4.

Incident and circumstance characteristics by foreign-born status using a 2017 NVDRS sample (N = 9,428).

		U.S.-born		Foreign-born		Difference
		n	%	n	%
Victim–suspect relationship	Current or former partner	791	9.09	97	13.29	–
	Family member	743	8.54	37	5.07
	Acquaintance	1,818	20.90	132	18.08
	Stranger	516	5.93	81	11.10
	Other	36	0.41	1	0.14
	Unknown	4,794	55.12	382	52.33
Method/weapon	Firearm	6,344	72.94	419	57.40	–
	Sharp instrument	888	10.21	154	21.10
	Blunt object	412	4.74	39	5.34
	Hanging, strangulation	220	2.53	29	3.97
	Other	640	7.36	74	10.14
	Unknown	194	2.23	15	2.05
Location of injury	House, apartment	4,123	47.40	289	39.59	**
	Street, sidewalk, alley	1,777	20.43	164	22.47
	Public use area	666	7.66	86	11.78
	Other	1,680	19.31	157	21.51
	Unknown	452	5.20	34	4.66
Victim used a weapon	Yes	476	5.47	27	3.70	*
	No	8,222	94.53	703	96.30
Gang-related	Yes	668	7.68	65	8.90	–
	No	8,030	92.32	665	91.10
Homicide precipitated by another crime	Yes	2,141	24.61	185	25.34	–
	No	6,557	75.39	545	74.66
Nature of the othercrime (most serious)	Drug trade	271	12.66	12	6.49	–
	Robbery	528	24.66	84	45.41
	Burglary	243	11.35	17	9.19
	Motor vehicle theft	54	2.52	3	1.62
	Arson	24	1.12	0	0.00
	Rape, sexual assault	46	2.15	5	2.70
	Gambling	7	0.33	0	0.00
	Assault, homicide	795	37.13	49	26.49
	Witness tampering	8	0.37	3	1.62
	Other	131	6.12	6	3.24
	Unknown	34	1.59	6	3.24

p < .01 = ** p < .05 = * n.s. = -

Nature of the other crime (most serious) accounts for all homicides precipitated by another crime (n = 2,326)