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Home LEOKA 2010 Tables Table 39

Table 39

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms While Wearing Body Armor

Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition, 2001–2010

Type of firearm Size of ammunition Total 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Number of victim officers
killed with firearms
while wearing body armor
Total 324 38 34 31 31 30 26 34 29 33 38
Handgun Total 227 29 23 23 22 24 21 20 21 18 26
.22 Caliber 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
.22 Magnum 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
.25 Caliber 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
.32 Caliber 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
.357 Caliber 10 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1
.357 Magnum 9 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0
.38 Caliber 26 0 2 2 4 5 1 2 6 1 3
.380 Caliber 22 1 3 3 1 2 4 2 3 1 2
.40 Caliber 47 2 6 8 5 3 6 1 6 4 6
.41 Magnum 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.44 Caliber 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
.44 Magnum 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.45 Caliber 26 4 3 3 4 5 1 1 0 2 3
.50 Caliber 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
7.62x25 Millimeter 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Millimeter 60 12 4 5 5 4 4 6 3 8 9
10 Millimeter 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Not reported 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1
Rifle Total 68 6 8 8 7 3 3 6 4 13 10
.22 Caliber 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
.223 Caliber 12 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 2 2
.25-06 Caliber 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.280 Caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
.30 Caliber 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.30-06 Caliber 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0
.30-30 Caliber 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
.300 Caliber 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.308 Caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
.44 Caliber 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.44 Magnum 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5.45x39 Millimeter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5.56 Millimeter 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Millimeter 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7.62x39 Millimeter 24 4 3 3 4 2 0 1 0 4 3
Not reported 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Shotgun Total 28 3 3 0 2 3 2 7 4 2 2
12 Gauge 25 3 2 0 2 2 2 7 3 2 2
16 Gauge 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 Gauge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Not reported 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not reported Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Not reported 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0