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Table 29
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Region by Type of Weapon, 2012
| Region | Total |
Total firearms |
Handgun | Rifle | Shotgun |
Type of firearm not reported |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Bomb |
Blunt instrument |
Personal weapons |
Vehicle | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of victim officers | 48 | 44 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Northeast | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midwest | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South | 22 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| West | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Puerto Rico and other outlying areas | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
