Table 33
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Officer Killed with Firearm, Type of Firearm by Distance Between Victim Officer and Offender, 2010–2019
| 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 killed with firearms | Total | 471 | 182 | 83 | 57 | 37 | 38 | 48 | 26 |
| Handgun | Total | 343 | 171 | 62 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 33 | 15 |
| .22-caliber | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| .25-caliber | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| .32-caliber | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .357-caliber | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| .357 Magnum | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| .38-caliber | 27 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .380-caliber | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .40-caliber | 75 | 43 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |
| .40-60-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .44-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .44 Magnum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .45-caliber | 46 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| 5.7x28 millimeter | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7.62x39 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 millimeter | 112 | 58 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | |
| 10 millimeter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unknown | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| Rifle | Total | 100 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 28 | 12 | 7 |
| .22-caliber | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| .223-caliber | 34 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| .224-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .25-06-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| .270-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .30-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| .30-06-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| .30-30-caliber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| .308-caliber | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| .45-caliber | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5.45x39 millimeter | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5.56 millimeter | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6.5 millimeter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7.62 millimeter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7.62x39 millimeter | 22 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| 9 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unknown | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Shotgun | Total | 22 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 12-gauge | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 20-gauge | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unknown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Multiple firearms used by offender(s), unable to determine which caused fatal injury1 | Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unknown | Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Not reported | Total | 2 | 1 | 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."
