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Table 39

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms While Wearing Body Armor

Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition Penetrating Victim Officer's Body Armor, 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 and body armor was penetrated Total 21 2 4 3 0 0 5 1 4 2 0
Handgun Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
5.7x28 millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rifle Total 20 2 4 3 0 0 5 0 4 2 0
.223-caliber 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
.30-30-caliber 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.308-caliber1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
5.45x39 millimeter 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
5.56 millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 millimeter 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7.62x39 millimeter 6 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Unknown 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shotgun Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • 1For 2011, one victim officer received torso wounds from multiple points of entry; one round penetrated the victim officer's vest and one round entered below the vest.