Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms
Number Slain by Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition, 1996-2005
Firearm/Ammunition | Total | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
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Total | 532 | 57 | 68 | 58 | 41 | 47 | 61 | 51 | 45 | 54 | 50 |
Handgun | 394 | 50 | 50 | 40 | 25 | 33 | 46 | 38 | 34 | 36 | 42 |
.22 Caliber | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
.25 Caliber | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
.32 Caliber | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
.357 Caliber | 23 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
.357 Magnum | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
.38 Caliber | 49 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
.380 Caliber | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
.40 Caliber | 51 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
.41 Magnum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
.44 Caliber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
.44 Magnum | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
.45 Caliber | 44 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
.50 Caliber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
7.62x25 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 Millimeter | 110 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
9x18 Millimeter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 Millimeter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ammunition not reported | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Rifle | 103 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 3 |
.22 Caliber | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
.223 Caliber | 21 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
.25-06 Caliber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
.270 Caliber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
.30 Caliber | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
.30-06 Caliber | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
.30-30 Caliber | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
.300 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
.44 Caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5.56 Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
7 Millimeter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
7.62x39 Millimeter | 44 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
7.62x54R Millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ammunition not reported | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Shotgun | 35 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
12 Gauge | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
16 Gauge | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
20 Gauge | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ammunition not reported | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |