Table 27

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Type of Weapon, 1997-2006

Weapon	Total	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001¹	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Number of victim officers	562	70	61	42	51	70	56	52	57	55	48
Total firearms	521	68	58	41	47	61	51	45	54	50	46
Handgun	380	50	40	25	33	46	38	34	36	42	36
Rifle	105	12	17	11	10	11	10	10	13	3	8
Shotgun	36	6	1	5	4	4	3	1	5	5	2
Knife or other cutting instrument	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bomb	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blunt instrument	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Personal weapons	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vehicle	31	0	1	1	3	7	4	6	2	5	2
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

¹The 72 deaths that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.