Table 109
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured 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 assaulted and injured with firearms | Total | 73 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 15 |
Handgun | Total | 41 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
.22 Caliber | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.32 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.38 Caliber | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
.380 Caliber | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.40 Caliber | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
.45 Caliber | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 Millimeter | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
Not reported | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Rifle | Total | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
.22 Caliber | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.223 Caliber | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
.30-06 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
.45 Caliber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
5.45x39 Millimeter | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
5.56 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
7.62x39 Millimeter | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
Not reported | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Shotgun | Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
12 Gauge | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
Not reported | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Not reported | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Not reported | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- NOTE: Assault with injury data in this table reflects only a subset of those incidents reported to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. For more information in reference to this data collection, see Detailed Assault Data.