Table 37

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Officer Killed with Firearm While Wearing Body Armor, 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 while wearing body armor	Total	339	37	47	23	18	36	27	47	32	43	29
Handgun	Total	239	26	35	17	11	24	20	27	23	33	23
	.22-caliber	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0
	.25-caliber	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	.32-caliber	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	.357-caliber	8	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0
	.357 Magnum	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	.38-caliber	18	3	6	0	2	1	0	3	2	1	0
	.380-caliber	17	2	4	1	1	0	2	4	0	1	2
	.40-caliber	52	6	11	3	0	8	9	2	6	5	2
	.45-caliber	36	3	4	1	3	4	1	5	3	8	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	84	9	5	10	4	7	6	10	8	13	12
	Unknown	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Not reported	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Rifle	Total	80	10	5	3	5	10	6	20	8	8	5
	.22-caliber	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
	.223-caliber	27	2	2	2	2	4	2	6	1	4	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
	.30-06-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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	5.56 millimeter	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0
	6.5 millimeter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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	19	3	2	1	1	5	1	3	1	1	1
	9 millimeter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Unknown	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	Not reported	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shotgun	Total	18	1	6	3	2	2	1	0	1	1	1
	12-gauge	16	1	6	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	0
	20-gauge	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Unknown	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Multiple firearms used by offender(s), unable to determine which caused fatal injury¹	Total	1	—	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Not reported	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

¹Beginning in 2011, a new option was added: "Multiple firearms used by offender(s), unable to determine which caused fatal injury."

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