Table 39
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms While Wearing Body Armor
Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition Penetrating Victim Officer's Body Armor, 2008–2017
Type of firearm | Size of ammunition | Total | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Number of victim officers killed with firearms and body armor was penetrated |
Total | 22 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Handgun | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
5.7x28 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Rifle | Total | 21 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
.223 Caliber | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
.30-30 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.308 Caliber1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5.45x39 Millimeter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
5.56 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7.62x39 Millimeter | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Not reported | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Shotgun | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 1For 2011, one victim officer received torso wounds from multiple points of entry; one round penetrated the victim officer's vest and one round entered below the vest.