Table 38

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms

Location of Fatal Firearm Wound and Number of Victim Officers Wearing Body Armor, 2004–2013

Location of fatal firearm wound		Total	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Number of victim officers killed with firearms	Total	474	54	50	46	56	35	45	55	63	44	26
	Front head	126	10	17	10	18	9	16	11	14	14	7
	Rear head	37	6	6	5	3	1	2	3	8	3	0
	Side head	70	7	2	5	7	8	5	10	14	7	5
	Neck/throat	46	3	5	7	2	5	7	5	3	6	3
	Front upper torso/chest	123	19	14	11	19	7	11	15	14	5	8
	Rear upper torso/back	22	0	2	3	5	1	1	2	5	3	0
	Front lower torso/stomach	23	4	3	2	1	4	1	5	1	2	0
	Rear lower torso/back	13	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	2
	Front below waist	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	Rear below waist	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	Arms/hands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Fatal wound location not reported	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	1
Number of victim officers killed with firearms while wearing body armor	Total	308	31	30	26	34	29	33	38	46	23	18
	Front head	94	5	12	9	15	9	12	7	10	11	4
	Rear head	29	5	4	3	2	1	2	3	8	1	0
	Side head	54	3	2	3	7	6	5	10	9	4	5
	Neck/throat	35	3	3	4	1	4	6	5	2	4	3
	Front upper torso/chest	69	11	8	6	7	5	7	7	12	1	5
	Rear upper torso/back	9	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	0
	Front lower torso/stomach	10	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	1	1	0
	Rear lower torso/back	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1
	Front below waist	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Rear below waist	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	Arms/hands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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