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Table 35
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed by Firearms
Location of Fatal Firearm Wounds and Use of Body Armor, 1993-2002
Location	Total	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	591	67	79	62	57	68	58	41	47	61	51
Front head	213	28	22	18	15	22	17	18	22	30	21
Rear head	80	6	12	10	12	9	11	6	2	4	8
Front upper torso	230	20	36	23	23	30	23	13	21	23	18
Rear upper torso	38	5	4	5	3	6	3	4	2	4	2
Front below waist	21	6	4	5	2	1	2	0	0	0	1
Rear below waist	9	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	1
Wearing body armor	324	37	35	32	31	27	34	27	29	38	34
Front head	138	18	13	12	12	7	10	11	17	22	16
Rear head	51	4	9	8	7	3	6	5	2	2	5
Front upper torso	102	9	9	9	11	13	12	8	8	13	10
Rear upper torso	18	2	2	1	1	3	2	3	2	1	1
Front below waist	9	2	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1
Rear below waist	6	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1

Table 36
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed by Firearms
Point of Entry for Torso Wounds and Use of Body Armor, 1993-2002
Point of entry	Total	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	120	11	11	10	12	16	14	11	10	14	11
Entered between side panels of vest	19	3	4	2	4	2	1	0	1	1	1
Entered through armhole or shoulder area of vest	34	2	2	3	2	2	1	6	5	8	3
Entered above vest (front or back of neck, collarbone area)	38	2	4	2	4	9	6	2	3	3	3
Entered below vest (abdominal or lower back area)	11	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	3
Penetrated vest	18	3	1	2	1	3	3	3	0	1	1