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Table 31

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed 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 killed with firearms Total 455 35 45 54 63 44 26 46 38 62 42
Handgun Total 323 25 28 38 49 34 18 33 29 37 32
.22 Caliber 9 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2
.25 Caliber 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
.32 Caliber 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
.357 Caliber 11 0 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 0
.357 Magnum 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0
.38 Caliber 33 6 1 5 9 0 2 1 1 5 3
.380 Caliber 23 3 2 2 5 3 1 0 2 5 0
.40 Caliber 78 7 5 8 13 6 1 11 14 5 8
.44 Caliber 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
.44 Magnum 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
.45 Caliber 36 1 2 6 5 2 6 5 1 5 3
5.7x28 Millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
9 Millimeter 94 3 11 12 10 13 6 10 7 12 10
9x19 Millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Millimeter 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not reported 16 1 0 2 1 5 0 0 2 2 3
Rifle Total 104 6 15 15 7 7 5 10 7 23 9
.22 Caliber 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
.223 Caliber 31 2 2 3 4 4 2 4 2 6 2
.25-06 Caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
.270 Caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
.280 Caliber 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.30 Caliber 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.30-06 Caliber 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
.30-30 Caliber 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
.308 Caliber 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
.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
5.45 Millimeter 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5.45x39 Millimeter 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
5.56 Millimeter 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
7 Millimeter 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7.62 Millimeter 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
7.62x39 Millimeter 26 2 4 4 2 3 1 5 1 3 1
9 Millimeter 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not reported 10 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 3 0
Shotgun Total 25 4 2 1 6 3 3 3 1 1 1
12 Gauge 20 3 2 1 6 2 2 2 1 0 1
20 Gauge 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Not reported 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Multiple firearms used by
offender(s), unable to determine which caused fatal injury1 		Total 2 — — — 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Not reported Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
  • 1Beginning in 2011, a new option was added: "Multiple firearms used by offender(s), unable to determine which caused fatal injury."