Table 120
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured 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 assaulted and injured with firearms | Total | 57 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
Handgun | Total | 40 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
.32-caliber | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.357-caliber | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.357 Magnum | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.38-caliber | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.380-caliber | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.40-caliber | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.45-caliber | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
9 millimeter | 15 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Unknown | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Not reported | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Rifle | Total | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
6.5 millimeter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
7.62 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
7.62x39 millimeter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
9 millimeter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Shotgun | Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
12-gauge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Multiple firearms used by offender(s) | Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not reported | Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
- NOTE: Assault with injury data in this table reflect only a subset of those incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program. For more information about this data collection, see Detailed Assault Data.