Table 37

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms While Wearing Body Armor

Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition, 2008–2017

Type of firearm	Size of ammunition	Total	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Number of victim officers killed with firearms while wearing body armor	Total	328	29	33	37	47	23	18	36	27	47	31
Handgun	Total	221	21	18	26	35	17	11	24	20	27	22
	.22 Caliber	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2
	.25 Caliber	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
	.32 Caliber	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	.357 Caliber	7	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
	.357 Magnum	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
	.38 Caliber	24	6	1	3	6	0	2	1	0	3	2
	.380 Caliber	18	3	1	2	4	1	1	0	2	4	0
	.40 Caliber	54	6	4	6	11	3	0	8	9	2	5
	.44 Caliber	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	.45 Caliber	26	0	2	3	4	1	3	4	1	5	3
	5.7x28 Millimeter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	9 Millimeter	69	3	8	9	5	9	4	7	6	10	8
	9x19 Millimeter	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Not reported	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rifle	Total	84	4	13	10	5	3	5	10	6	20	8
	.22 Caliber	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	.223 Caliber	25	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	6	1
	.25-06 Caliber	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	.270 Caliber	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	.280 Caliber	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	.30-06 Caliber	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	.30-30 Caliber	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	.308 Caliber	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
	.44 Magnum	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	.45 Caliber	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	5.45x39 Millimeter	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	5.56 Millimeter	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	7 Millimeter	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	7.62 Millimeter	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
	7.62x39 Millimeter	21	0	4	3	2	1	1	5	1	3	1
	Not reported	6	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Shotgun	Total	22	4	2	1	6	3	2	2	1	0	1
	12 Gauge	20	3	2	1	6	2	2	2	1	0	1
	20 Gauge	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Multiple firearms used by offender(s), unable to determine which caused fatal injury¹	Total	1	—	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

¹Beginning in 2011, a new option was added: "Multiple firearms used by offender(s), unable to determine which caused fatal injury."

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