Table 120
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms
Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition by Distance Between Victim Officer and Offender, 2017
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 | 77 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
Handgun | Total | 46 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
.38-caliber | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
.380-caliber | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
.40-caliber | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
.41-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
.45-caliber | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 millimeter | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Not reported | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Rifle | Total | 20 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
.223-caliber | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5.56x45 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7.62 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7.62x39 millimeter | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
7.62x51 millimeter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Not reported | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Shotgun | Total | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
12-gauge | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Not reported | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Multiple firearms used by offender(s) | Total | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- NOTE: Assault with injury data in this table reflect only a subset of those incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program. For more information about this data collection, see Detailed Assault Data.