Table 109
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms
Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition by Distance Between Victim Officer and Offender, 2015
| Type of firearm | Size of ammunition | Total |
0-5 feet |
6-10 feet |
11-20 feet |
21-50 feet |
Over 50 feet |
Distance not reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of victim officers assaulted and injured with firearms | Total | 65 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 14 |
| Handgun | Total | 41 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| .22 Caliber | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .357 Caliber | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| .38 Caliber | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| .380 Caliber | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .40 Caliber | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| .44 Magnum | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .45 Caliber | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 Millimeter | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Not reported | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rifle | Total | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| .22 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| .223 Caliber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| .30-30 Caliber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5.45x39 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5.56 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7.62 Millimeter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7.62x39 Millimeter | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Not reported | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Shotgun | Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 Gauge | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Not reported | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
- NOTE: Assault with injury data in this table reflects only a subset of those incidents reported to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. For more information in reference to this data collection, see Detailed Assault Data.
