Table 31
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed 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 killed with firearms | Total | 38 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Handgun | Total | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| .357 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .38 Caliber | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .380 Caliber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| .40 Caliber | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| .45 Caliber | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5.7x28 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 Millimeter | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rifle | Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| .22 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .223 Caliber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .270 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .30-30 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Shotgun | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 Gauge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Not reported | Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Not reported | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
