Table 31
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Region by Type of Weapon, 2014
| 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 | 51 | 46 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Northeast | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midwest | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South | 17 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| West | 14 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Puerto Rico and other outlying areas | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
