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Table 30
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Region by Type of Weapon, 2003–2012
| Region | Total |
Total firearms |
Handgun | Rifle | Shotgun |
Type of firearm not reported |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Bomb |
Blunt instrument |
Personal weapons |
Vehicle | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of victim officers | 535 | 493 | 360 | 92 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Northeast | 59 | 57 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Midwest | 94 | 88 | 70 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| South | 251 | 225 | 161 | 43 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| West | 110 | 102 | 70 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Puerto Rico and other outlying areas | 21 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
