Table 33

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms

Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition by Distance Between Victim Officer and Offender, 2009–2018

Type of firearm	Size of ammunition	Total	0-5 feet	6-10 feet	11-20 feet	21-50 feet	Over 50 feet	Distance unknown	Distance not reported
Number of victim officers killed with firearms	Total	471	187	80	61	39	37	45	22
Handgun	Total	336	175	57	36	19	6	30	13
	.22-caliber	10	3	3	1	1	0	2	0
	.25-caliber	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
	.32-caliber	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
	.357-caliber	13	7	2	2	0	0	1	1
	.357 Magnum	6	0	1	0	4	0	0	1
	.38-caliber	28	21	4	0	2	0	1	0
	.380-caliber	21	11	6	1	2	0	1	0
	.40-caliber	76	44	11	11	2	2	5	1
	.44-caliber	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
	.44 Magnum	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	.45-caliber	43	20	12	2	3	1	5	0
	5.7x28 millimeter	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	9 millimeter	107	57	14	18	3	3	8	4
	10 millimeter	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Unknown	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
	Not reported	16	5	1	0	0	0	4	6
Rifle	Total	108	6	18	19	18	28	13	6
	.22-caliber	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	0
	.223-caliber	34	2	9	6	6	8	3	0
	.25-06-caliber	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	.270-caliber	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	.280-caliber	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	.30-caliber	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	.30-06-caliber	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	.30-30-caliber	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
	.308-caliber	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	0
	.45-caliber	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
	5.45x39 millimeter	6	1	0	1	0	4	0	0
	5.56 millimeter	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
	7 millimeter	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
	7.62 millimeter	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
	7.62x39 millimeter	25	0	5	5	7	1	5	2
	9 millimeter	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
	Unknown	6	0	0	1	0	3	2	0
	Not reported	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	4
Shotgun	Total	23	4	4	6	2	3	2	2
	12-gauge	19	2	4	6	2	3	2	0
	20-gauge	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Not reported	2	0	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	0	1
Unknown	Total	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Not reported	Total	1	1	0	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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