Table 38

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed with Firearms
Location of Fatal Firearm Wound and Number of Victim Officers Wearing Body Armor, 1998–2007

Location of fatal firearm wound		Total	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Number of victim officers killed with firearms	Total	508	58	41	47	61	51	45	54	50	46	55
	Front head	158	15	17	21	27	14	9	10	17	10	18
	Rear head	54	10	6	2	3	8	5	6	6	5	3
	Side head	44	3	1	1	4	7	7	7	2	5	7
	Neck/throat	40	7	0	5	3	3	5	3	5	7	2
	Front upper torso/chest	140	12	12	14	16	12	12	19	14	11	18
	Rear upper torso/back	23	1	3	2	3	1	3	0	2	3	5
	Front lower torso/stomach	28	4	1	2	5	3	3	4	3	2	1
	Rear lower torso/back	9	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	1
	Front below waist	7	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0
	Rear below waist	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
	Arms/hands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Location not reported	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of victim officers killed with firearms while wearing body armor	Total	313	33	27	29	38	34	31	31	30	26	34
	Front head	113	7	10	16	21	12	6	5	12	9	15
	Rear head	36	6	5	2	1	5	3	5	4	3	2
	Side head	30	2	1	1	2	4	5	3	2	3	7
	Neck/throat	27	4	0	2	3	3	4	3	3	4	1
	Front upper torso/chest	71	6	7	5	9	4	8	11	8	6	7
	Rear upper torso/back	9	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
	Front lower torso/stomach	13	2	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	0	0
	Rear lower torso/back	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1
	Front below waist	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	Rear below waist	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	Arms/hands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Location not reported	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0