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Table 37
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms
Location of Fatal Firearm Wounds and Wearing Body Armor, 1995-2004
Location |
Total |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
Total
|
545 |
63 |
57 |
68 |
58 |
41 |
47 |
61 |
51 |
45 |
54 |
Front head |
165 |
18 |
13 |
21 |
15 |
17 |
21 |
27 |
14 |
9 |
10 |
Rear head |
73 |
12 |
12 |
9 |
10 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
Side head |
31 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
Neck/throat |
38 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
Front upper torso/chest |
158 |
19 |
19 |
24 |
12 |
12 |
14 |
16 |
12 |
11 |
19 |
Rear upper torso/back |
24 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
Front lower torso/stomach |
33 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
Rear lower torso/back |
10 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
Front below waist |
8 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Rear below waist |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Arms/hands |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Location not reported |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Wearing body armor
|
313 |
32 |
31 |
27 |
33 |
27 |
29 |
38 |
34 |
31 |
31 |
Front head |
107 |
12 |
11 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
16 |
21 |
12 |
6 |
5 |
Rear head |
46 |
9 |
7 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
Side head |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
Neck/throat |
27 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
Front upper torso/chest |
74 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
9 |
4 |
7 |
11 |
Rear upper torso/back |
11 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Front lower torso/stomach |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
Rear lower torso/back |
7 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Front below waist |
6 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Rear below waist |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Arms/hands |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Location not reported |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |