Table 35

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon, 2005–2014

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	505	466	343	84	38	1	2	2	5	30
Disturbance call	Total	62	58	41	12	5	0	0	0	3	1
	Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.)	39	36	23	10	3	0	0	0	2	1
	Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.)	23	22	18	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
Arrest situation	Total	95	92	81	6	4	1	1	0	0	2
	Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect	9	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect	39	38	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Drug-related matter	8	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Attempting other arrest	39	38	31	4	2	1	1	0	0	0
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner	Total	11	10	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance	Total	68	65	54	6	5	0	0	0	1	2
Ambush (entrapment/premeditation)	Total	36	36	14	16	6	0	0	0	0	0
Unprovoked attack	Total	57	56	33	17	6	0	0	0	0	1
Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.)	Total	25	22	18	3	1	0	0	2	1	0
Handling person with mental illness	Total	9	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Traffic pursuit/stop	Total	93	70	59	9	2	0	0	0	0	23
	Felony vehicle stop	33	16	10	5	1	0	0	0	0	17
	Traffic violation stop	60	54	49	4	1	0	0	0	0	6
Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.)	Total	49	49	27	14	8	0	0	0	0	0

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