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
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

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