Table 27

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Type of Weapon, 1999–2008

Type of weapon	Total	1999	2000	2001¹	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Number of victim officers	530	42	51	70	56	52	57	55	48	58	41
Total firearms	486	41	47	61	51	45	54	50	46	56	35
Handgun	354	25	33	46	38	34	36	42	36	39	25
Rifle	90	11	10	11	10	10	13	3	8	8	6
Shotgun	41	5	4	4	3	1	5	5	2	8	4
Type of firearm not reported	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Knife or other cutting instrument	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bomb	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Blunt instrument	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Personal weapons	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vehicle	36	1	3	7	4	6	2	5	2	2	4
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.