Wired Top 10 – Top 10
Targets fired at by New York City police officers
| Target| Number of Shots Fired| Number of Hits
| 1.Perpetrators | 928 | 173
| 2.Dogs | 155 | 111
| 3.Accidental discharge | 43 | 17
| 4.Protecting other officer | 18 | 10
| 5.Officer intoxicated | 10 | 0
| 6.Suicide | 8 | 8
| 7.Into locker | 6 | 0
| 8.Vehicle | 5 | 0
| 9.Girlfriend | 3 | 3
| 10.Attempted suicide | 3 | 2
Source: Firearms Discharge Assault Report for 1993, as reported in Police magazine, March 1995.
– Gareth Branwyn
