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Home LEOKA 2011 Tables Table 41

Table 41

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms While Wearing Body Armor

Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition Penetrating Victim Officer's Body Armor, 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 and
body armor was penetrated
Total 23 1 4 4 1 1 2 1 2 4 3
Handgun Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Millimeter 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rifle Total 22 1 4 4 0 1 2 1 2 4 3
.223 Caliber 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
.30-06 Caliber 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
.30-30 Caliber 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 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
5.56 Millimeter 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Millimeter 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
7.62x39 Millimeter 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Not reported 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Shotgun Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0