AdvertisementNumber Of Police Officers Killed By Firearms Rose In 2016, Study FindsDecember 30, 2016Camila DomonoskefacebookEmailAn officer salutes and family members watch before pallbearers take the casket carrying the body of officer Jose Gilbert Vega from the hall after funeral services for two police officers on October 18, 2016 in Palm Springs, Calif. The officers were fatally shot and a third wounded by a single gunman during a neighborhood disturbance earlier in October. (Getty Images)