Number of officers killed in the line of duty separated by regions

Type of Weapon		Northeast   Midwest	South	West	US Territories/ Foreign
							
Handgun		         63	       79	 217	  87	           46
Rifle		         8	       26	  40	  29	            3
Shotgun		          3	        5	  21	   6                0
Knife		  	  4		1	   4	   1		    1
Bomb			  1		0	   9	   0	            0
Personal 	          1	        1   	   1	   3	 	    0
Other			  4	       11	   9	   4	            0

Officer Killed information was not received from US Territories for 1997.