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Table 119

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms

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
assaulted and injured
with firearms 		Total 802 71 79 75 77 74 99 71 76 103 77
Handgun Total 557 55 56 52 53 56 72 53 50 64 46
.17-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
.22-caliber 21 2 2 4 3 0 1 0 4 5 0
.223-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
.25-caliber 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0
.32-caliber 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
.357-caliber 25 2 7 3 3 1 2 0 7 0 0
.357 Magnum 14 2 2 1 2 5 0 1 0 1 0
.38-caliber 57 8 5 1 5 4 7 8 7 8 4
.380-caliber 38 5 9 2 1 6 4 0 3 3 5
.40-caliber 92 10 8 6 11 7 10 14 7 10 9
.41-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
.410-gauge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
.44-caliber 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
.44 Magnum 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
.45-caliber 80 7 6 13 8 7 16 8 4 7 4
9 millimeter 166 11 12 15 15 20 22 16 14 25 16
9x18 millimeter 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Not reported 42 3 4 5 4 4 5 5 3 2 7
Rifle Total 142 12 9 16 10 9 11 9 19 27 20
.177-caliber 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.22-caliber 10 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0
.22 Magnum 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
.223-caliber 24 1 2 1 5 1 0 2 2 5 5
.30-06-caliber 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
.30-30-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
.308-caliber 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
.40-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
.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
.50-caliber 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5.45x39 millimeter 11 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
5.56x45 millimeter 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
6.5x50 millimeter 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7.62 millimeter 10 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 1
7.62x39 millimeter 47 1 3 4 3 2 3 5 10 7 9
7.62x51 millimeter 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
7.62x54 millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Not reported 14 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 4 1
Shotgun Total 71 4 12 7 11 4 9 7 3 8 6
12-gauge 50 4 10 2 8 1 6 7 2 5 5
20-gauge 6 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
.410-gauge 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Not reported 13 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 1 2 1
Multiple firearms used by
offender(s)1 		Total 26 — — — 3 5 5 1 4 3 5
Not reported Total 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
  • 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.