Table 35
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms
Location of Fatal Firearm Wound and Number of Victim Officers Wearing Body Armor, 2007–2016
Location of fatal firearm wound | Total | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
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Number of victim officers killed with firearms | Total | 470 | 56 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 44 | 26 | 46 | 38 | 62 |
Front head | 129 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 16 | |
Rear head | 32 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |
Side head | 73 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 6 | |
Neck/throat | 44 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
Front upper torso/chest | 107 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
Rear upper torso/back | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
Front lower torso/stomach | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
Rear lower torso/back | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Front below waist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Rear below waist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Arms/hands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fatal wound location not reported | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |
Number of victim officers killed with firearms while wearing body armor | Total | 332 | 34 | 29 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 24 | 18 | 36 | 27 | 47 |
Front head | 102 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 14 | |
Rear head | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
Side head | 62 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 6 | |
Neck/throat | 35 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
Front upper torso/chest | 62 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | |
Rear upper torso/back | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
Front lower torso/stomach | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Rear lower torso/back | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Front below waist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Rear below waist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Arms/hands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fatal wound location not reported | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |