Table 41

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms

Location of Fatal Firearm Wound and Number of Victim Officers Wearing Body Armor, 2005–2014

Location of fatal firearm wound		Total	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Number of victim officers killed with firearms	Total	466	50	46	56	35	45	55	63	44	26	46
	Front head	129	17	10	18	9	16	11	14	14	7	13
	Rear head	33	6	5	3	1	2	3	8	3	0	2
	Side head	72	2	5	7	8	5	10	14	7	5	9
	Neck/throat	49	5	7	2	5	7	5	3	7	3	5
	Front upper torso/chest	110	14	11	19	7	11	15	14	5	8	6
	Rear upper torso/back	27	2	3	5	1	1	2	5	3	0	5
	Front lower torso/stomach	23	3	2	1	4	1	5	1	2	0	4
	Rear lower torso/back	10	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	2	0
	Front below waist	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Rear below waist	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	Arms/hands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Fatal wound location not reported	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	2
Number of victim officers killed with firearms while wearing body armor	Total	313	30	26	34	29	33	38	46	24	18	35
	Front head	100	12	9	15	9	12	7	10	11	4	11
	Rear head	26	4	3	2	1	2	3	8	1	0	2
	Side head	60	2	3	7	6	5	10	9	4	5	9
	Neck/throat	36	3	4	1	4	6	5	2	5	3	3
	Front upper torso/chest	63	8	6	7	5	7	7	12	1	5	5
	Rear upper torso/back	13	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	4
	Front lower torso/stomach	9	1	0	0	3	0	3	1	1	0	0
	Rear lower torso/back	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
	Front below waist	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Rear below waist	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	Arms/hands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Fatal wound location not reported	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

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