Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted 2005 Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation

Table 28

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Type of Weapon, 1996-2005


Weapon Total 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 20011 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 575 61 70 61 42 51 70 56 52 57 55
Firearm 532 57 68 58 41 47 61 51 45 54 50
Handgun 394 50 50 40 25 33 46 38 34 36 42
Rifle 103 6 12 17 11 10 11 10 10 13 3
Shotgun 35 1 6 1 5 4 4 3 1 5 5
Knife or other cutting instrument 6 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Bomb 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blunt instrument 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Personal weapons 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Vehicle 31 2 0 1 1 3 7 4 6 2 5
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted 2005