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Table 26
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed[1]
Type of Weapon, 1993-2002
Weapon	Total	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	636	70	80	74	61	71	61	42	51	70	56
Firearms	591	67	79	62	57	68	58	41	47	61	51
Handgun	443	51	67	43	50	50	40	25	33	46	38
Rifle	112	13	8	14	6	12	17	11	10	11	10
Shotgun	36	3	4	5	1	6	1	5	4	4	3
Knife or cutting instrument	8	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	1	0	1
Bomb	9	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Personal weapons	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Other	25	3	1	2	2	0	1	1	3	8	4
The 72 deaths that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.