Table 28
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Type of Weapon, 2009–2018
Type of weapon | Total | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Number of victim officers | 510 | 48 | 55 | 72 | 49 | 27 | 51 | 41 | 66 | 46 | 55 |
Total firearms | 471 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 44 | 26 | 46 | 38 | 62 | 42 | 51 |
Handgun | 335 | 28 | 38 | 49 | 34 | 18 | 33 | 29 | 37 | 32 | 37 |
Rifle | 108 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 10 |
Shotgun | 23 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Multiple firearms used by offender(s), unable to determine which caused fatal injury1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Type of firearm unknown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Type of firearm not reported | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Knife or other cutting instrument2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Knife2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Other cutting instrument2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blunt instrument | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vehicle | 31 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Number of victim officers who had prior knowledge that a weapon might be involved in the incident | 172 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 26 | 11 | 23 |
- 1Beginning in 2011, a new option was added: "Multiple firearms used by offender(s), unable to determine which caused fatal injury."
- 2For 2009 and 2010, the type of weapon categories "Knife" and "Other cutting instrument" were combined.