Table 27

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Type of Weapon, 1998–2007

Weapon	Total	1998	1999	2000	2001¹	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Number of victim officers	549	61	42	51	70	56	52	57	55	48	57
Total firearms	508	58	41	47	61	51	45	54	50	46	55
Handgun	368	40	25	33	46	38	34	36	42	36	38
Rifle	101	17	11	10	11	10	10	13	3	8	8
Shotgun	38	1	5	4	4	3	1	5	5	2	8
Type of firearm not reported	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Knife or other cutting instrument	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bomb	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blunt instrument	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Personal weapons	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vehicle	33	1	1	3	7	4	6	2	5	2	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.