Table 121
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms
Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition by Distance Between Victim Officer and Offender, 2008–2017
| 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 | 802 | 206 | 151 | 139 | 102 | 72 | 132 |
| Handgun | Total | 557 | 186 | 117 | 106 | 61 | 21 | 66 |
| .17-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .22-caliber | 21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| .223-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .25-caliber | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .32-caliber | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .357-caliber | 25 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| .357 Magnum | 14 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| .38-caliber | 57 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| .380-caliber | 38 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| .40-caliber | 92 | 28 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 10 | |
| .41-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| .410-gauge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .44-caliber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| .44 Magnum | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| .45-caliber | 80 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| 9 millimeter | 166 | 58 | 31 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 17 | |
| 9x18 millimeter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 42 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Rifle | Total | 142 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 43 |
| .177-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .22-caliber | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| .22 Magnum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .223-caliber | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |
| .30-06-caliber | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .30-30-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .308-caliber | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| .40-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| .44 Magnum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| .45-caliber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| .50-caliber | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5.45x39 millimeter | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| 5.56x45 millimeter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 6.5x50 millimeter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 7 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7.62 millimeter | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| 7.62x39 millimeter | 47 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | |
| 7.62x51 millimeter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7.62x54 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Shotgun | Total | 71 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 14 |
| 12-gauge | 50 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 7 | |
| 20-gauge | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .410-gauge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Not reported | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
|
Multiple firearms used by offender(s)1 |
Total | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Not reported | Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
- 1Beginning in 2011, a new option was added: "Multiple firearms used by offender(s)."
- 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.
