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Table 31

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Officer Killed with Firearm, Type of Firearm, 2010–2019

Type of firearm Size of ammunition Total 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Number of victim officers killed with firearms Total 471 54 63 44 26 46 38 62 42 52 44
Handgun Total 343 38 49 34 18 33 29 37 32 39 34
.22-caliber 9 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0
.25-caliber 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
.32-caliber 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
.357-caliber 10 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0
.357 Magnum 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
.38-caliber 27 5 9 0 2 1 1 5 3 1 0
.380-caliber 21 2 5 3 1 0 2 5 0 1 2
.40-caliber 75 8 13 6 1 11 14 5 8 5 4
.40-60-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
.44-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
.44 Magnum 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
.45-caliber 46 6 5 2 6 5 1 5 3 9 4
5.7x28 millimeter 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
7.62x39 millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 millimeter 112 12 10 14 6 10 7 12 10 16 15
10 millimeter 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
Not reported 19 2 1 4 0 0 2 2 1 3 4
Rifle Total 100 15 7 7 5 10 7 23 9 10 7
.22-caliber 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
.223-caliber 34 3 4 4 2 4 2 6 2 5 2
.224-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
.25-06-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
.270-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
.30-caliber 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.30-06-caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
.30-30-caliber 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
.308-caliber 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
.45-caliber 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
5.45x39 millimeter 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
5.56 millimeter 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
6.5 millimeter 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
7.62 millimeter 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
7.62x39 millimeter 22 4 2 3 1 5 1 3 1 1 1
9 millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Unknown 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Not reported 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2
Shotgun Total 22 1 6 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 1
12-gauge 17 1 6 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 0
20-gauge 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Not reported 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 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 0
Unknown Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Not reported Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
  • 1Beginning in 2011, a new option was added: "Multiple firearms used by offender(s), unable to determine which caused fatal injury."