Table 32
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms
Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition by Distance Between Victim Officer and Offender, 2007–2016
| 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 | 470 | 186 | 79 | 70 | 39 | 35 | 61 |
| Handgun | Total | 331 | 167 | 58 | 44 | 16 | 6 | 40 |
| .22 Caliber | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| .22 Magnum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .25 Caliber | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| .32 Caliber | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .357 Caliber | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| .357 Magnum | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| .38 Caliber | 35 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| .380 Caliber | 25 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| .40 Caliber | 71 | 39 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| .44 Caliber | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .44 Magnum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| .45 Caliber | 39 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 5.7x28 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 Millimeter | 96 | 48 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| 10 Millimeter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Rifle | Total | 104 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 28 | 16 |
| .20 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| .22 Caliber | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| .223 Caliber | 31 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | |
| .25-06 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | |
| .45 Caliber | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5.45 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5.45x39 Millimeter | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 5.56 Millimeter | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7.62x39 Millimeter | 27 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |
| 9 Millimeter | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Shotgun | Total | 33 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 Gauge | 27 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 20 Gauge | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Not reported | Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Not reported | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
