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Home LEOKA 2011 Tables Table 29

Table 29

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Region by Type of Weapon, 2011

Region Total Total
firearms
Handgun Rifle Shotgun Knife or
other cutting
instrument
Bomb Blunt
instrument
Personal
weapons
Vehicle Other
Number of victim officers 72 63 50 7 6 1 0 0 2 6 0
Northeast 10 9 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Midwest 21 17 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
South 29 25 20 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0
West 10 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico and other outlying areas 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0