Table 31
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms
Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition by Distance Between Victim Officer and Offender, 2016
| 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 | 62 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 |
| Handgun | Total | 37 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| .22 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| .32 Caliber | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .357 Magnum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| .38 Caliber | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| .380 Caliber | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| .40 Caliber | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .45 Caliber | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 Millimeter | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Not reported | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rifle | Total | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| .20 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| .223 Caliber | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| .25-06 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .30-06 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .45 Caliber | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5.45x39 Millimeter | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 5.56 Millimeter | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7.62x39 Millimeter | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Not reported | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Shotgun | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Not reported | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
