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 |
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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."