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Home LEOKA 2011 Tables Table 30

Table 30

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Region by Type of Weapon, 2002–2011

Region Total Total
firearms
Handgun Rifle Shotgun Type of
firearm not
reported
Knife or
other cutting
instrument
Bomb Blunt
instrument
Personal
weapons
Vehicle Other
Number of victim officers 543 500 366 95 38 1 3 2 1 2 35 0
Northeast 58 56 40 10 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Midwest 100 91 72 11 8 0 2 0 0 0 7 0
South 254 230 165 44 20 1 1 0 0 1 22 0
West 111 103 71 28 4 0 0 2 1 0 5 0
Puerto Rico and other outlying areas 20 20 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0