Table 18
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Use of Firearm by Victim Officer, Assisting Officer, and Offender, 2010–2019
| Victim officer | Total | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of victim officers | Total | 511 | 55 | 72 | 49 | 27 | 51 | 41 | 66 | 46 | 56 | 48 |
| Average number of rounds fired by victim officers | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.8 | |
| Average number of rounds fired by assisting officers1 | 11.6 | 6.7 | 10.4 | 7.8 | 2.8 | 12.8 | 8.2 | 13.8 | 9.4 | 20.2 | 16.8 | |
| Average number of rounds fired by offenders2 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 14.3 | |
| Number of victim officers who discharged own firearm | Total | 107 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 10 |
| Average number of rounds fired by victim officers who discharged own firearms | 7.3 | 7.5 | 9.7 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 9.6 | 11.2 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 9.4 | |
| Average number of victim officers' rounds that struck offenders | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 | |
| Percentage hit rate of victim officers' rounds striking offenders | 18.3 | 19.6 | 6.3 | 40.0 | 13.3 | 41.7 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 32.4 | 35.3 | 19.7 | |
| Average number of rounds fired by assisting officers | 7.0 | 3.2 | 8.0 | 14.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 11.4 | |
| Average number of rounds fired by offenders | 7.2 | 7.3 | 9.5 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 10.0 | 3.4 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 8.1 | |
| Number of victim officers who attempted to (but did not) use own firearm | Total | 70 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
| Average number of rounds fired by assisting officers | 18.5 | 12.4 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 15.2 | 23.0 | 40.0 | 15.7 | 33.5 | 2.5 | |
| Average number of rounds fired by offenders | 5.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 11.2 | 3.1 | 15.0 | 3.3 | |
| Number of victim officers who did not use and did not attempt to use own firearm | Total | 301 | 20 | 40 | 38 | 18 | 34 | 26 | 39 | 24 | 30 | 32 |
| Average number of rounds fired by assisting officers1 | 13.0 | 7.2 | 12.4 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 12.5 | 3.4 | 18.2 | 8.1 | 24.7 | 21.0 | |
| Average number of rounds fired by offenders | 6.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 9.8 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 18.9 | |
| Number of victim officers who did not use own firearm, but attempt to use own firearm information was unknown or not reported | Total | 18 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Average number of rounds fired by assisting officers3 | 10.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Average number of rounds fired by offenders4 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Number of victim officers for whom use of firearm was unknown or not reported | Total | 15 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
- 1The number of rounds fired (1,100) during an incident in 2013 was excluded when calculating the average number of rounds fired by assisting officers to provide more accurate statistics.
- 2The number of rounds fired (1,046) during an incident in 2017 was excluded when calculating the average number of rounds fired by offenders to provide more accurate statistics.
- 3For 2011, 2016, and 2018, the victim officers were alone at the time of the incident; therefore, the number of rounds fired by assisting officers is not relevant.
- 4For 2011, number of rounds data were not available for inclusion in these averages.
- NOTE: When calculating the averages presented in this table, the FBI's Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted Program used all available data for each incident. For example, in a specific incident, if the number of rounds fired by the victim officer is known, but the number of rounds fired by the offender is not known, the known number was included in the calculation for the average number of rounds fired by victim officers.
