Table 33

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms
Number Slain by Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition, 1997-2006

Type of firearm	Size of ammunition	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
Handgun	Total	380	50	40	25	33	46	38	34	36	42	36
	.22 Caliber	19	2	4	1	4	1	2	1	0	2	2
	.25 Caliber	9	2	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	.32 Caliber	10	4	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0
	.357 Caliber	21	2	3	2	1	2	3	2	2	3	1
	.357 Magnum	11	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	1	3
	.38 Caliber	47	11	6	4	4	2	3	3	4	7	3
	.380 Caliber	32	3	1	0	3	5	4	5	1	5	5
	.40 Caliber	59	4	1	2	5	5	7	10	5	10	10
	.41 Magnum	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	.44 Caliber	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	.44 Magnum	6	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	1
	.45 Caliber	41	4	5	1	4	6	4	5	6	5	1
	.50 Caliber	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	7.62x25 Millimeter	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	9 Millimeter	106	14	14	12	8	17	11	5	10	7	8
	10 Millimeter	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
	Not reported	9	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Rifle	Total	105	12	17	11	10	11	10	10	13	3	8
	.22 Caliber	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
	.223 Caliber	19	3	8	1	3	1	0	2	0	1	0
	.25-06 Caliber	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	.270 Caliber	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	.30 Caliber	11	3	1	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
	.30-06 Caliber	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
	.30-30 Caliber	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0
	.300 Caliber	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	.44 Caliber	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	5.56 Millimeter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	7 Millimeter	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
	7.62x39 Millimeter	48	5	6	9	1	6	3	3	9	2	4
	7.62x54R Millimeter	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Not reported	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
Shotgun	Total	36	6	1	5	4	4	3	1	5	5	2
	12 Gauge	31	4	1	5	3	4	2	1	5	4	2
	16 Gauge	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	20 Gauge	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Not reported	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0