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Home LEOKA 2017 Tables Table 29

Table 29

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

State and Agency by Type of Weapon, 2017

State Agency Total Total firearms Handgun Rifle Shotgun Multiple firearms used by offender(s), unable to determine which caused fatal injury Type of firearm not reported Knife Other cutting instrument Bomb Blunt instrument Personal weapons Vehicle Other
Number of victim officers Total 46 42 32 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
ARIZONA Total 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Navajo Nation Police,
Window Rock
1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARKANSAS Total 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Newport 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yell County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CALIFORNIA Total 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sacramento County 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whittier 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
COLORADO Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Douglas County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DELAWARE Total 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dover 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
State Police, Newark 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FLORIDA Total 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kissimmee 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Orlando 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GEORGIA Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polk County Police 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ILLINOIS Total 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Chicago 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rockford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
INDIANA Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southport 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IOWA Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pottawattamie County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LOUISIANA Total 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
East Baton Rouge Parish 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lafayette 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Orleans 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Westwego 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MARYLAND Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baltimore 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MICHIGAN Total 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Detroit 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oakland County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MISSISSIPPI Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lincoln County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MISSOURI Total 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinton 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MONTANA Total 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Broadwater County 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEVADA Total 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Las Vegas 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEW YORK Total 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New York 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
State Police, Oneida 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NORTH DAKOTA Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rolette County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OHIO Total 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Girard 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kirkersville 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OKLAHOMA Total 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Logan County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tecumseh 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PENNSYLVANIA Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Kensington 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEXAS Total 7 6 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Department of Public
Safety, Groesbeck
1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harris County Constable's
Office, Baytown
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Little Elm 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Antonio 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Marcos 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Texas Tech Police,
Lubbock
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Border Patrol, El Paso 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
VIRGINIA Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
State Police, Hanover 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WISCONSIN Total 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Everest 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS Total 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Police of Puerto Rico,
Ponce
2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0