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Table 28
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Type of Weapon, 1995-2004
Weapon |
Total |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
20011 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
Total
|
594 |
74 |
61 |
70 |
61 |
42 |
51 |
70 |
56 |
52 |
57 |
Firearm
|
545 |
63 |
57 |
68 |
58 |
41 |
47 |
61 |
51 |
45 |
54 |
Handgun |
396 |
44 |
50 |
50 |
40 |
25 |
33 |
46 |
38 |
34 |
36 |
Rifle |
114 |
14 |
6 |
12 |
17 |
11 |
10 |
11 |
10 |
10 |
13 |
Shotgun |
35 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
Knife or other cutting instrument
|
7 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Bomb
|
9 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Blunt instrument
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Personal weapons
|
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Vehicle
|
28 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
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. |