Table 33

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed 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 killed with firearms	Total	455	179	67	59	36	36	78
Handgun	Total	323	164	48	36	16	4	55
	.22 Caliber	9	2	2	1	1	0	3
	.25 Caliber	3	1	0	0	0	0	2
	.32 Caliber	4	3	0	0	0	0	1
	.357 Caliber	11	5	1	2	0	0	3
	.357 Magnum	6	0	0	1	4	0	1
	.38 Caliber	33	22	6	2	1	0	2
	.380 Caliber	23	10	4	5	2	0	2
	.40 Caliber	78	48	7	10	2	1	10
	.44 Caliber	6	4	0	1	1	0	0
	.44 Magnum	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
	.45 Caliber	36	17	10	1	1	1	6
	5.7x28 Millimeter	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	9 Millimeter	94	49	13	13	3	2	14
	9x19 Millimeter	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	10 Millimeter	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Not reported	16	2	3	0	0	0	11
Rifle	Total	104	8	13	16	19	30	18
	.22 Caliber	5	1	0	1	2	1	0
	.223 Caliber	31	2	5	3	8	9	4
	.25-06 Caliber	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
	.270 Caliber	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
	.280 Caliber	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
	.30 Caliber	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
	.30-06 Caliber	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
	.30-30 Caliber	3	0	0	0	1	1	1
	.308 Caliber	4	0	0	0	1	2	1
	.44 Magnum	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	.45 Caliber	2	1	0	0	1	0	0
	5.45 Millimeter	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
	5.45x39 Millimeter	6	1	0	0	0	5	0
	5.56 Millimeter	3	1	0	0	0	1	1
	7 Millimeter	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
	7.62 Millimeter	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
	7.62x39 Millimeter	26	2	5	6	6	1	6
	9 Millimeter	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
	Not reported	10	0	1	1	0	3	5
Shotgun	Total	25	6	5	7	1	2	4
	12 Gauge	20	4	5	6	1	2	2
	20 Gauge	3	2	0	1	0	0	0
	Not reported	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Multiple firearms used by offender(s), unable to determine which caused fatal injury¹	Total	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
Not reported	Total	1	1	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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