Table 28
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Type of Weapon, 2007–2016
Type of weapon | Total | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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Number of victim officers | 509 | 58 | 41 | 48 | 56 | 72 | 49 | 27 | 51 | 41 | 66 |
Total firearms | 470 | 56 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 44 | 26 | 46 | 38 | 62 |
Handgun | 331 | 39 | 25 | 28 | 38 | 50 | 34 | 18 | 33 | 29 | 37 |
Rifle | 104 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
Shotgun | 33 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Type of firearm not reported | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Knife or other cutting instrument | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bomb | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blunt instrument | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal weapons | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Vehicle | 30 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Number of victim officers who had prior knowledge that a weapon might be involved in the incident | 166 | 19 | 12 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 25 |