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Home LEOKA 2011 Tables Table 39

Table 39

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms While Wearing Body Armor

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
while wearing body armor
Total 332 34 31 31 30 26 34 29 33 38 46
Handgun Total 233 23 23 22 24 21 20 21 18 26 35
.22 Caliber 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
.22 Magnum 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
.25 Caliber 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
.32 Caliber 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
.357 Caliber 9 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1
.357 Magnum 10 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2
.38 Caliber 32 2 2 4 5 1 2 6 1 3 6
.380 Caliber 25 3 3 1 2 4 2 3 1 2 4
.40 Caliber 55 6 8 5 3 6 1 6 4 6 10
.41 Magnum 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.44 Caliber 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
.45 Caliber 27 3 3 4 5 1 1 0 2 3 5
.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 53 4 5 5 4 4 6 3 8 9 5
10 Millimeter 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Not reported 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0
Rifle Total 67 8 8 7 3 3 6 4 13 10 5
.22 Caliber 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
.223 Caliber 13 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 2
.25-06 Caliber 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.280 Caliber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
.30 Caliber 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.30-06 Caliber 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 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
5.45x39 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 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
7.62x39 Millimeter 22 3 3 4 2 0 1 0 4 3 2
Not reported 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Shotgun Total 31 3 0 2 3 2 7 4 2 2 6
12 Gauge 28 2 0 2 2 2 7 3 2 2 6
16 Gauge 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Gauge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 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