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Home LEOKA 2011 Tables Table 35

Table 35

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms

Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition, 2002–2011

Type of firearm Size of ammunition Total 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Number of victim officers
killed with firearms
Total 500 51 45 54 50 46 56 35 45 55 63
Handgun Total 366 38 34 36 42 36 39 25 28 38 50
.22 Caliber 13 2 1 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 1
.22 Magnum 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
.25 Caliber 6 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1
.32 Caliber 6 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
.357 Caliber 17 3 2 2 3 1 0 0 3 2 1
.357 Magnum 12 0 1 3 1 3 1 0 1 0 2
.38 Caliber 46 3 3 4 7 3 5 6 1 5 9
.380 Caliber 34 4 5 1 5 5 2 3 2 2 5
.40 Caliber 76 7 10 5 10 10 2 7 5 8 12
.41 Magnum 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.44 Caliber 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0
.44 Magnum 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
.45 Caliber 41 4 5 6 5 1 5 1 2 6 6
.50 Caliber 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7.62x25 Millimeter 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Millimeter 88 11 5 10 7 8 11 3 11 12 10
10 Millimeter 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Not reported 10 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 2
Rifle Total 95 10 10 13 3 8 8 6 15 15 7
.22 Caliber 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
.223 Caliber 16 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 2 3 4
.25-06 Caliber 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.280 Caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
.30 Caliber 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
.30-06 Caliber 6 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0
.30-30 Caliber 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
.300 Caliber 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.308 Caliber 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
.44 Caliber 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.44 Magnum 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
5.45 Millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5.45x39 Millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
5.56 Millimeter 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Millimeter 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
7.62x39 Millimeter 34 3 3 9 2 4 2 1 4 4 2
9 Millimeter 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Not reported 9 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
Shotgun Total 38 3 1 5 5 2 8 4 2 2 6
12 Gauge 34 2 1 5 4 2 7 3 2 2 6
16 Gauge 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Gauge 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Not reported 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not reported Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Not reported 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0