Table 121
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured 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 assaulted and injured with firearms | Total | 789 | 219 | 147 | 148 | 96 | 72 | 79 | 28 |
| Handgun | Total | 542 | 194 | 119 | 106 | 53 | 19 | 40 | 11 |
| .17-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .22-caliber | 19 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .223-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .25-caliber | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .32-caliber | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .357-caliber | 24 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| .357 Magnum | 13 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| .38-caliber | 54 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| .380-caliber | 35 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| .40-caliber | 90 | 32 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |
| .41-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .410-gauge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .44-caliber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .44 Magnum | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .45-caliber | 76 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |
| 9 millimeter | 170 | 63 | 32 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 3 | |
| 10 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unknown | 25 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Not reported | 17 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Rifle | Total | 141 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 38 | 27 | 10 |
| .22-caliber | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| .22 Magnum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .223-caliber | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |
| .30-06-caliber | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| .30-30-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| .308-caliber | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| .40-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .45-caliber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5.45x39 millimeter | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 5.56x45 millimeter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6.5 millimeter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7.62 millimeter | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| 7.62x39 millimeter | 49 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 3 | |
| 7.62x51 millimeter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7.62x54 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 millimeter | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unknown | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Shotgun | Total | 69 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| 12-gauge | 48 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | |
| 20-gauge | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| .410-gauge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Unknown | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Multiple firearms used by offender(s)1 | Total | 28 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Unknown | Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Not reported | Total | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
- 1Beginning in 2011, a new option was added: "Multiple firearms used by offender(s)."
- 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.
