Table 37

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms While Wearing Body Armor

Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition, 2009–2018

Type of firearm	Size of ammunition	Total	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Number of victim officers killed with firearms while wearing body armor	Total	340	33	37	47	23	18	36	27	47	32	40
Handgun	Total	232	18	26	35	17	11	24	20	27	23	31
	.22-caliber	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	1
	.25-caliber	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
	.32-caliber	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
	.357-caliber	9	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2
	.357 Magnum	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	.38-caliber	19	1	3	6	0	2	1	0	3	2	1
	.380-caliber	16	1	2	4	1	1	0	2	4	0	1
	.40-caliber	54	4	6	11	3	0	8	9	2	6	5
	.45-caliber	33	2	3	4	1	3	4	1	5	3	7
	5.7x28 millimeter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	9 millimeter	79	8	9	5	10	4	7	6	10	8	12
	Unknown	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Not reported	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Rifle	Total	87	13	10	5	3	5	10	6	20	8	7
	.22-caliber	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	.223-caliber	27	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	6	1	4
	.25-06-caliber	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	.270-caliber	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	.280-caliber	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	.30-06-caliber	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	.30-30-caliber	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	.308-caliber	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
	.45-caliber	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	5.45x39 millimeter	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	5.56 millimeter	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
	7 millimeter	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	7.62 millimeter	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	7.62x39 millimeter	22	4	3	2	1	1	5	1	3	1	1
	9 millimeter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Unknown	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Not reported	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shotgun	Total	19	2	1	6	3	2	2	1	0	1	1
	12-gauge	18	2	1	6	2	2	2	1	0	1	1
	20-gauge	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multiple firearms used by offender(s), unable to determine which caused fatal injury¹	Total	1	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Not reported	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

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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