Table 32
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms
Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition by Distance Between Victim Officer and Offender, 2006–2015
| 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 | 454 | 190 | 77 | 69 | 36 | 27 | 55 |
| Handgun | Total | 330 | 173 | 58 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 39 |
| .22 Caliber | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| .22 Magnum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .25 Caliber | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| .32 Caliber | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .357 Caliber | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| .357 Magnum | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| .38 Caliber | 33 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| .380 Caliber | 25 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| .40 Caliber | 77 | 41 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| .44 Caliber | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .44 Magnum | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| .45 Caliber | 35 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 5.7x28 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 Millimeter | 92 | 48 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| 10 Millimeter | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Rifle | Total | 88 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 12 |
| .22 Caliber | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| .223 Caliber | 25 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| .270 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .280 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .30 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .30-06 Caliber | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| .30-30 Caliber | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| .308 Caliber | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| .44 Magnum | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5.45 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5.45x39 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7.62x39 Millimeter | 27 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | |
| 9 Millimeter | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Shotgun | Total | 34 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 Gauge | 29 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 20 Gauge | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Not reported | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
