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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
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."