Table 120
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms, Knives, or Other Cutting Instruments
Officer Assaulted and Injured with Firearm, Type of Firearm by Distance Between Victim Officer and Offender, 2019
| Type of firearm | Size of ammunition | Total |
0-5 feet |
6-10 feet |
11-20 feet |
21-50 feet |
Over 50 feet |
Distance unknown |
Distance not reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of victim officers assaulted and injured with firearms | Total | 64 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 4 |
| Handgun | Total | 43 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| .32-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .357-caliber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .357 Magnum | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .38-caliber | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .380-caliber | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .40-caliber | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| .40-60-caliber | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .45-caliber | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 millimeter | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Unknown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Rifle | Total | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| .223-caliber | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6.5 millimeter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7.62 millimeter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7.62x39 millimeter | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 millimeter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unknown | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Shotgun | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12-gauge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Multiple firearms | Total | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Not reported | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 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.
