Table 35

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms

Location of Fatal Firearm Wound and Number of Victim Officers Wearing Body Armor, 2006–2015

Location of fatal firearm wound		Total	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Number of victim officers killed with firearms	Total	454	46	56	35	45	55	63	44	26	46	38
	Front head	123	10	18	9	16	11	14	14	7	14	10
	Rear head	32	5	3	1	2	3	8	3	0	2	5
	Side head	72	5	7	8	5	10	14	7	5	9	2
	Neck/throat	47	7	2	5	7	5	3	7	3	5	3
	Front upper torso/chest	103	11	19	7	11	15	14	5	8	6	7
	Rear upper torso/back	27	3	5	1	1	2	5	3	0	5	2
	Front lower torso/stomach	22	2	1	4	1	5	1	2	0	4	2
	Rear lower torso/back	10	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	2	0	1
	Front below waist	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Rear below waist	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Arms/hands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Fatal wound location not reported	12	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	4
Number of victim officers killed with firearms while wearing body armor	Total	311	26	34	29	33	38	46	24	18	36	27
	Front head	97	9	15	9	12	7	10	11	4	12	8
	Rear head	26	3	2	1	2	3	8	1	0	2	4
	Side head	59	3	7	6	5	10	9	4	5	9	1
	Neck/throat	36	4	1	4	6	5	2	5	3	3	3
	Front upper torso/chest	59	6	7	5	7	7	12	1	5	5	4
	Rear upper torso/back	15	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	4	2
	Front lower torso/stomach	9	0	0	3	0	3	1	1	0	0	1
	Rear lower torso/back	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
	Front below waist	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Rear below waist	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Arms/hands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Fatal wound location not reported	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

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