Table 36

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms
Location of Fatal Firearm Wound and Wearing Body Armor, 1997-2006

Location of fatal firearm wound		Total	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Number of victim officers killed with firearms	Total	521	68	58	41	47	61	51	45	54	50	46
	Front head	161	21	15	17	21	27	14	9	10	17	10
	Rear head	60	9	10	6	2	3	8	5	6	6	5
	Side head	37	0	3	1	1	4	7	7	7	2	5
	Neck/throat	42	4	7	0	5	3	3	5	3	5	7
	Front upper torso/chest	145	24	12	12	14	16	12	11	19	14	11
	Rear upper torso/back	24	6	1	3	2	3	1	3	0	2	3
	Front lower torso/stomach	30	2	4	1	2	5	3	4	4	3	2
	Rear lower torso/back	9	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	1
	Front below waist	8	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
	Rear below waist	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0
	Arms/hands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Location not reported	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of victim officers killed with firearms while wearing body armor	Total	306	27	33	27	29	38	34	31	31	30	26
	Front head	105	7	7	10	16	21	12	6	5	12	9
	Rear head	37	3	6	5	2	1	5	3	5	4	3
	Side head	23	0	2	1	1	2	4	5	3	2	3
	Neck/throat	29	3	4	0	2	3	3	4	3	3	4
	Front upper torso/chest	73	10	6	7	5	9	4	7	11	8	6
	Rear upper torso/back	11	3	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1
	Front lower torso/stomach	14	0	2	1	1	1	3	4	1	1	0
	Rear lower torso/back	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0
	Front below waist	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
	Rear below waist	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
	Arms/hands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Location not reported	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0