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 Table 2. — Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed, 1987S S 1996 Type of Weapon by Region South

West

U.S. Territories/ Foreign

129

297

131

51

66 7 3

82 28 7

212 39 21

89 26 7

47 3 0

637

76

117

272

122

50

12 10 5 32

5 1 1 5

0 0 1 11

5 9 1 10

1 0 2 6

1 0 0 0

Type of Weapon

Total

Northeast

Total

696

88

Handgun Rifle Shotgun

496 103 38

Total Firearms Knife Bomb Personal Weapons Other

Midwest

Table 3. — Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed, 1987S S 1996 Type of Weapon Year

Total

Handgun

Rifle

Shotgun

Total Firearms

Knife

Bomb

Personal Weapons

Other

Total

696

496

103

38

637

12

10

5

32

1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

74 78 66 66 71

49 63 40 48 50

9 11 10 8 14

9 2 7 1 4

67 76 57 57 68

3 0 2 3 0

0 0 0 0 1

0 0 1 2 0

4 2 6 4 2

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

63 70 79 74 55

43 50 66 43 44

9 14 8 14 6

2 3 4 5 1

54 67 78 62 51

1 0 0 2 1

1 0 0 8 0

1 0 0 0 1

6 3 1 2 2

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