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Home LEOKA 2016 Tables Table 30

Table 30

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms

Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition, 2007–2016

Type of firearm Size of ammunition Total 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Number of victim officers killed with firearms Total 470 56 35 45 55 63 44 26 46 38 62
Handgun Total 331 39 25 28 38 50 34 18 33 29 37
.22 Caliber 10 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1
.22 Magnum 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.25 Caliber 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
.32 Caliber 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
.357 Caliber 11 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 0
.357 Magnum 7 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1
.38 Caliber 35 5 6 1 5 9 0 2 1 1 5
.380 Caliber 25 2 3 2 2 5 3 1 0 2 5
.40 Caliber 71 2 7 5 8 13 6 1 11 14 4
.44 Caliber 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.44 Magnum 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
.45 Caliber 39 5 1 2 6 6 2 6 5 1 5
5.7x28 Millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Millimeter 96 11 3 11 12 10 14 6 10 7 12
10 Millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Not reported 17 3 1 0 2 1 5 0 0 2 3
Rifle Total 104 8 6 15 15 7 7 5 10 7 24
.20 Caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
.22 Caliber 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
.223 Caliber 31 2 2 2 3 4 4 2 4 2 6
.25-06 Caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
.270 Caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
.280 Caliber 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.30 Caliber 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
.30-06 Caliber 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
.30-30 Caliber 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
.308 Caliber 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
.44 Magnum 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.45 Caliber 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
5.45 Millimeter 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
5.45x39 Millimeter 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
5.56 Millimeter 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
7 Millimeter 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7.62x39 Millimeter 27 2 2 4 4 2 3 1 5 1 3
9 Millimeter 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not reported 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 3
Shotgun Total 33 8 4 2 2 6 3 3 3 1 1
12 Gauge 27 7 3 2 2 6 2 2 2 1 0
20 Gauge 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Not reported 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Not reported Total 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Not reported 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0