Table 32
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed 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 |
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Number of victim officers killed with firearms | Total | 42 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Handgun | Total | 32 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
.22 Caliber | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.25 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
.32 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
.38 Caliber | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.40 Caliber | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
.44 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
.45 Caliber | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 Millimeter | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Not reported | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Rifle | Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
.22 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.223 Caliber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
.308 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5.56 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
7 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
7.62 Millimeter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
7.62x39 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Shotgun | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 Gauge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Multiple firearms used by offender(s), unable to determine which caused fatal injury | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |