Table 31
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed 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 |
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Number of victim officers killed with firearms | Total | 471 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 44 | 26 | 46 | 38 | 62 | 42 | 51 |
Handgun | Total | 336 | 28 | 38 | 49 | 34 | 18 | 33 | 29 | 37 | 32 | 38 |
.22-caliber | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
.25-caliber | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
.32-caliber | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
.357-caliber | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
.357 Magnum | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
.38-caliber | 28 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
.380-caliber | 21 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
.40-caliber | 76 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 5 | |
.44-caliber | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
.44 Magnum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.45-caliber | 43 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
5.7x28 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 millimeter | 107 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 15 | |
10 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Unknown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Not reported | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
Rifle | Total | 108 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 10 |
.22-caliber | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
.223-caliber | 34 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | |
.25-06-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
.270-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.280-caliber | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.30-caliber | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.30-06-caliber | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
.30-30-caliber | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.308-caliber | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
.45-caliber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
5.45x39 millimeter | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
5.56 millimeter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
7 millimeter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
7.62 millimeter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
7.62x39 millimeter | 25 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
9 millimeter | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Unknown | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Not reported | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Shotgun | Total | 23 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
12-gauge | 19 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
20-gauge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Not reported | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Multiple firearms used by offender(s), unable to determine which caused fatal injury1 |
Total | 2 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not reported | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- 1Beginning in 2011, a new option was added: "Multiple firearms used by offender(s), unable to determine which caused fatal injury."