Table 33

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon, 2004–2013

Circumstance		Total	Total firearms	Handgun	Rifle	Shotgun	Type of firearm not reported	Knife or other cutting instrument	Bomb	Personal weapons	Vehicle
Number of victim officers	Total	511	474	345	87	40	2	3	2	4	28
Disturbance call	Total	58	56	39	11	6	0	0	0	1	1
	Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.)	29	28	19	7	2	0	0	0	0	1
	Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.)	29	28	20	4	4	0	0	0	1	0
Arrest situation	Total	120	115	103	6	5	1	1	0	1	3
	Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect	11	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect	46	45	42	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Drug-related matter	7	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Attempting other arrest	56	53	46	3	3	1	1	0	1	1
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner	Total	12	11	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance	Total	62	59	47	6	5	1	0	0	2	1
Ambush situation	Total	111	111	54	42	15	0	0	0	0	0
	Entrapment/premeditation	36	36	13	16	7	0	0	0	0	0
	Unprovoked attack	75	75	41	26	8	0	0	0	0	0
Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.)	Total	14	12	9	2	1	0	0	2	0	0
Handling person with mental illness	Total	6	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Traffic pursuit/stop	Total	84	62	54	6	2	0	0	0	0	22
	Felony vehicle stop	30	13	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	17
	Traffic violation stop	54	49	47	1	1	0	0	0	0	5
Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.)	Total	44	43	23	14	6	0	0	0	0	1

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