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Table 119

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms

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 assaulted and injured with firearms Total 789 79 75 77 74 99 71 76 103 78 57
Handgun Total 542 56 52 53 56 72 53 50 64 46 40
.17-caliber 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
.22-caliber 19 2 4 3 0 1 0 4 5 0 0
.223-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
.25-caliber 5 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
.32-caliber 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
.357-caliber 24 7 3 3 1 2 0 7 0 0 1
.357 Magnum 13 2 1 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 1
.38-caliber 54 5 1 5 4 7 8 7 8 4 5
.380-caliber 35 9 2 1 6 4 0 3 3 5 2
.40-caliber 90 8 6 11 7 10 14 7 10 9 8
.41-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
.410-gauge 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
.44-caliber 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.44 Magnum 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
.45-caliber 76 6 13 8 7 16 8 4 7 4 3
9 millimeter 170 12 15 15 20 22 16 14 25 16 15
10 millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown 25 1 5 2 1 1 3 3 2 5 2
Not reported 17 3 0 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 1
Rifle Total 141 9 16 10 9 11 9 19 27 20 11
.22-caliber 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0
.22 Magnum 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.223-caliber 23 2 1 5 1 0 2 2 5 5 0
.30-06-caliber 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
.30-30-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
.308-caliber 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
.40-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
.45-caliber 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
5.45x39 millimeter 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0
5.56x45 millimeter 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
6.5 millimeter 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
7 millimeter 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
7.62 millimeter 11 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1
7.62x39 millimeter 49 3 4 3 2 3 5 10 7 9 3
7.62x51 millimeter 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7.62x54 millimeter 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 millimeter 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Unknown 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0
Not reported 8 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0
Shotgun Total 69 12 7 11 4 9 7 3 8 6 2
12-gauge 48 10 2 8 1 6 7 2 5 5 2
20-gauge 6 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
.410-gauge 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Unknown 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
Not reported 8 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 0
Multiple firearms used by
offender(s)1 		Total 28 — — 3 5 5 1 4 3 5 2
Unknown Total 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Not reported Total 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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.