Table 38

Criminal Justice Information Services Division

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms

Location of Fatal Firearm Wound and Number of Victim Officers Wearing Body Armor, 2001–2010

Location of fatal firearm wound		Total	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Number of victim officers killed with firearms	Total	498	61	51	45	54	50	46	56	35	45	55
	Front head	141	27	14	9	10	17	10	18	9	16	11
	Rear head	42	3	8	5	6	6	5	3	1	2	3
	Side head	62	4	7	7	7	2	5	7	8	5	10
	Neck/throat	45	3	3	5	3	5	7	2	5	7	5
	Front upper torso/chest	136	16	12	12	19	14	11	19	7	11	15
	Rear upper torso/back	21	3	1	3	0	2	3	5	1	1	2
	Front lower torso/stomach	31	5	3	3	4	3	2	1	4	1	5
	Rear lower torso/back	9	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	2
	Front below waist	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
	Rear below waist	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Arms/hands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Fatal wound location not reported	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Number of victim officers killed with firearms while wearing body armor	Total	324	38	34	31	31	30	26	34	29	33	38
	Front head	108	21	12	6	5	12	9	15	9	12	7
	Rear head	29	1	5	3	5	4	3	2	1	2	3
	Side head	47	2	4	5	3	2	3	7	6	5	10
	Neck/throat	36	3	3	4	3	3	4	1	4	6	5
	Front upper torso/chest	72	9	4	8	11	8	6	7	5	7	7
	Rear upper torso/back	7	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
	Front lower torso/stomach	15	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	3	0	3
	Rear lower torso/back	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Front below waist	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Rear below waist	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Arms/hands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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