This stacked bar chart shows the proportion of incidents where law enforcement was involved in an exchange of gunfire compared to those without an exchange from 2021 through 2025.
This bar chart compares the number of incidents in which law enforcement exchanged gunfire with a shooter to the number of law enforcement casualties resulting from the exchange of gunfire from 2021 through 2025.
17 | 2021 2021 | 1 | 3
9 | 2022 2022 | 1 | 16
12 2023 2023 2 11
6 | 2024 2024 | 1 | 5
5 | 2025 2025 | 3
From 2021 to 2025, law enforcement exchanged gunfire with the shooter in 49 of the 217 incidents (23%).
Overall, these exchanges declined from 28% in 2021 to 15% in 2025.
Between 2021 and 2025, there were 43 law enforcement casualties, including five fatalities, resulting from an exchange of gunfire.
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