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Table 28

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Type of Weapon, 2010–2019

Type of weapon Total 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Number of victim officers 511 55 72 49 27 51 41 66 46 56 48
Total firearms 471 54 63 44 26 46 38 62 42 52 44
Handgun 343 38 49 34 18 33 29 37 32 39 34
Rifle 100 15 7 7 5 10 7 23 9 10 7
Shotgun 22 1 6 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 1
Multiple firearms used by offender(s), unable to determine which caused fatal injury1 2 — 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Type of firearm unknown 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Type of firearm not reported 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Knife or other cutting instrument2 0 0 — — — — — — — — —
Knife2 3 — 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Other cutting instrument2 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blunt instrument 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bomb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.) 5 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Vehicle 32 1 6 2 1 4 3 4 3 4 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 167 20 25 6 8 15 17 26 11 24 15
  • 1Beginning in 2011, a new option was added: "Multiple firearms used by offender(s), unable to determine which caused fatal injury."
  • 2For 2010, the type of weapon categories "Knife" and "Other cutting instrument" were combined.