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Table 31
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed[1]
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Weapon, 1993-2002
Circumstance	Total	Total firearms	Handgun	Rifle	Shotgun	Knife or cutting instrument	Bomb	Personal weapons	Other
Total	636	591	443	112	36	8	9	3	25
Disturbance calls	98	91	51	23	17	2	0	0	5
Bar lights, person with firearm, etc.	41	40	20	10	10	0	0	0	1
Family quarrels	57	51	31	13	7	2	0	0	4
Arrest situations	205	201	161	30	10	0	0	1	3
Burglaries in progress/pursuing burglary suspects	23	21	17	3	1	0	0	1	1
Robberies in progress/pursuing robbery suspects	73	72	65	5	2	0	0	0	1
Drug-related matters	38	37	32	5	0	0	0	0	1
Attempting other arrests	71	71	47	17	7	0	0	0	0
Civil disorders (mass disobedience, riot, etc.)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoners	20	19	19	0	0	1	0	0	0
Investigating suspicious persons/circumstances	105	98	85	10	3	2	1	1	3
Ambush situations	96	85	55	26	4	1	8	0	2
Entrapment/premeditation	34	31	15	14	2	1	2	0	0
Unprovoked attacks	62	54	40	12	2	0	6	0	2
Mentally deranged assailants	15	14	9	3	2	1	0	0	0
Traffic pursuits/stops	97	83	63	20	0	1	0	1	12
The 72 deaths that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.