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Table 28
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Region by Type of Weapon, 2002
Region	Total	Total firearms	Handgun	Rifle	Shotgun	Knife or cutting instrument	Bomb	Personal weapons	Other
Total	56	51	38	10	3	1	0	0	4
Northeast	55	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midwest	12	9	6	1	2	1	0	0	2
South	25	23	18	4	1	0	0	0	2
West	9	9	6	3	0	0	0	0	0
U.S. Territories	5	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0

Table 29
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed[1]
Region by Type of Weapon, 1993-2002
Region	Total	Total firearms	Handgun	Rifle	Shotgun	Knife or cutting instrument	Bomb	Personal weapons	Other
Total	636	591	443	112	36	8	9	3	25
Northeast	63	58	48	7	3	2	0	0	3
Midwest	116	106	80	20	6	2	0	0	8
South	278	255	187	48	20	2	9	1	11
West	130	124	85	32	7	2	0	2	2
U.S. Territories	49	48	43	5	0	0	0	0	1
The 72 deaths that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.