Table 18
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Use of Weapon(s) During Incident by the Victim Officer, Assisting Officers, and Offenders, 2008–2017
| Victim officer | Total | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of victim officers | Total | 496 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 72 | 49 | 27 | 51 | 41 | 66 | 46 |
| Average number of rounds fired by victim officers | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | |
| Average number of rounds fired by assisting officers1 | 10.2 | 4.9 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 11.6 | 9.6 | 3.6 | 16.1 | 10.0 | 15.7 | 9.4 | |
| Average number of rounds fired by offenders2 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 9.2 | 5.7 | |
| Number of victim officers who fired own weapon | Total | 104 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 10 |
| Average number of rounds fired by victim officers who fired own weapon | 7.1 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 7.5 | 9.7 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 9.6 | 11.2 | 6.1 | 4.4 | |
| Average number of victim officer's rounds that struck offenders | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.5 | |
| Percentage hit rate of victim officers' rounds striking offenders | 15.7 | 12.9 | 32.4 | 19.4 | 8.1 | 20.0 | 8.7 | 41.7 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 27.3 | |
| Average number of rounds fired by assisting officers | 6.4 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 9.2 | 14.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 6.8 | 6.0 | |
| Average number of rounds fired by offenders | 7.2 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 7.3 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 10.0 | 5.2 | 8.4 | |
|
Number of victim officers who attempted to (but did not) use own weapon |
Total | 72 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 10 |
| Average number of rounds fired by assisting officers3 | 17.5 | 11.3 | 14.2 | 12.4 | 7.3 | 1.0 | 15.2 | 23.0 | 40.0 | 15.7 | ||
| Average number of rounds fired by offenders | 7.5 | 33.0 | 7.6 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 9.3 | 3.4 | 13.5 | 3.1 | |
|
Number of victim officers who did not use and did not attempt to use own weapon |
Total | 279 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 41 | 39 | 18 | 36 | 28 | 39 | 26 |
| Average number of rounds fired by assisting officers1 | 9.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 7.2 | 12.9 | 7.6 | 4.5 | 16.6 | 4.3 | 13.1 | 7.4 | |
| Average number of rounds fired by offenders2 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 10.5 | 7.3 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 5.5 | |
|
Number of victim officers who did not use own weapon, but attempt to use own weapon information was not reported |
Total | 36 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Average number of rounds fired by assisting officers3 | 9.2 | 1.2 | 17.8 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Average number of rounds fired by offenders3 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | ||
|
Number of victim officers in which victim officer's use of weapon was not reported |
Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 1The number of rounds fired during an incident in 2013 was excluded when calculating average number of rounds fired by assisting officers to provide more accurate statistics.
- 2The number of rounds fired during an incident in 2017 was excluded when calculating average number of rounds fired by offenders to provide more accurate statistics.
- 3For 2011, 2012, and 2016, number of rounds data were not available for inclusion in these averages.
- NOTE: When calculating the averages presented in this table, the FBI's Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted Program used all available data for each incident. For example, in a specific incident, if the number of rounds fired by the victim officer is known, but the number of rounds fired by the offender is not known, the known number was included in the calculation for the average number of rounds fired by victim officers.
