Table 32
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms
Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition by Distance Between Victim Officer and Offender, 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 | 51 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Handgun | Total | 38 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| .22-caliber | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .357-caliber | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .38-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .380-caliber | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .40-caliber | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .45-caliber | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 millimeter | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Unknown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Rifle | Total | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| .223-caliber | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5.56 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7.62x39 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Shotgun | Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12-gauge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
