Title: FBI Releases 2013 Statistics on Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted — FBI
Headings: FBI Releases 2013 Statistics on Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Washington, D.C.
FBI Releases 2013 Statistics on Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted

Content: Weapons: Offenders used firearms to kill 26 of the 27 victim officers. Of these 26 officers, 18 were slain with handguns, five with rifles, and three with shotguns. One officer was killed with a vehicle used as a weapon. Regions: Fifteen of the felonious deaths occurred in the South, six in the West, four in the Midwest, and two in the Northeast. Suspects: Law enforcement agencies identified 28 alleged assailants in connection with the felonious line-of-duty deaths. Twenty of the assailants had prior criminal arrests, and six of the offenders were under judicial supervision at the time of the felonious incidents. Accidental Deaths
Forty-nine law enforcement officers were killed accidentally while performing their duties in 2013.