Table 12

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Victim Officer's Use of Weapon During Incident, 1999–2008

Victim officer	Total	1999	2000	2001¹	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Number of victim officers	530	42	51	70	56	52	57	55	48	58	41
Fired own weapon	114	8	13	12	12	10	11	15	11	11	11
Attempted to use own weapon	90	8	4	16	10	9	9	6	7	17	4
Did not use or attempt to use own weapon	246	20	28	37	25	21	30	24	22	25	14
Use of weapon not reported	80	6	6	5	9	12	7	10	8	5	12

¹The 72 deaths that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.