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Police Shootings 16 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes

Shootings by and of police officers, and the investigations and fallout that follow them.

  1. Season 4 · Episode 12

    Risk

    Aired January 17, 2003 · Drug trafficking and murder

    A baby’s fatal overdose exposes cocaine smuggled in infant-formula cans, and Stabler goes undercover against a decorated detective who protects the ring.

  2. Season 6 · Episode 10

    Haunted

    Aired December 7, 2004 · Murder; child abduction

    After a shooting makes him a hero, Fin is confronted by a mother whose daughter he abandoned while undercover, and sets out to find the grandson she never knew she had.

  3. Season 13 · Episode 15

    Hunting Ground

    Aired February 22, 2012 · Serial murder / kidnapping

    The disappearance of a 16-year-old escort leads SVU to a beach full of bodies and a game keeper who hunts women for sport, while Benson and Haden begin dating.

  4. Season 14 · Episode 15

    Deadly Ambition

    Aired February 20, 2013 · Murder

    Rollins kills her pregnant sister’s abusive ex to stop an attack, then finds herself charged with murder as the sister’s motives come into question.

  5. Season 14 · Episode 22

    Poisoned Motive

    Aired May 8, 2013 · Sniper shootings and murder

    A sniper shoots Rollins and others tied to Fin’s old Narcotics unit, and the case leads to the family of the partner who was disabled saving Fin’s life.

  6. Season 15 · Episode 1

    Surrender Benson

    Aired September 25, 2013 · Kidnapping and assault

    Out on bail after a mistrial, serial rapist William Lewis abducts Benson from her apartment and holds her on Long Island while the squad hunts for them.

  7. Season 15 · Episode 11

    Amaro's One-Eighty

    Aired January 15, 2014 · Police shooting

    Amaro shoots an unarmed teenager while backing up a wounded officer, and the case becomes a political test for the new mayor and IAB.

  8. Season 16 · Episode 4

    Holden's Manifesto

    Aired October 15, 2014 · Stabbings, murder and hostage-taking

    A socially isolated young man who blames women for his loneliness stabs women from his past, kills his neighbors and takes schoolgirls hostage.

  9. Season 16 · Episode 14

    Intimidation Game

    Aired February 11, 2015 · Kidnapping and rape

    Misogynist gamers who have harassed a female developer online escalate to assault, swatting and kidnapping as she refuses to cancel her game’s launch.

  10. Season 17 · Episode 5

    Community Policing

    Aired October 14, 2015 · Rape and police shooting

    Hunting a pattern rapist, three detectives shoot and kill an unarmed young man, and Barba asks a grand jury to indict them while Benson defends the officers.

  11. Season 18 · Episode 7

    Next Chapter

    Aired January 4, 2017 · Rape and kidnapping

    A woman raped in her apartment blames the man who once stalked her, but the evidence against him was planted by the retired sergeant who rescued her years before.

  12. Season 19 · Episode 20

    The Book of Esther

    Aired May 2, 2018 · Child abuse

    A starved young woman found on a commuter train leads Rollins to a family ruled by an apocalyptic father, and a police siege of their home ends in deaths.

  13. Season 21 · Episode 20

    The Things We Have to Lose

    Aired April 23, 2020 · Sexual assault, rape and murder

    As Sir Tobias Moore’s long-delayed trial nears, the squad struggles to keep his accusers on board while Tamin hunts a rapist who walked free, Rollins tries to rescue a troubled teen and Fin confronts an abusive father.

  14. Season 22 · Episode 2

    Ballad of Dwight and Irena

    Aired November 19, 2020 · Domestic violence and homicide

    When an abusive boyfriend is electrocuted in his bathtub, his girlfriend’s bullied 14-year-old son confesses, but the squad suspects he is covering for his mother.

  15. Season 23 · Episode 2

    Never Turn Your Back on Them

    Aired September 23, 2021 · Witness murders and statutory rape

    Witnesses against Congressman Howard begin turning up dead, and a raid to find a missing teenage witness leaves Tamin badly wounded.

  16. Season 27 · Episode 11

    Career Psychopath

    Aired January 22, 2026 · Attempted murder and murder

    After a gunman ambushes Rollins and Carisi at home, SVU finds a string of attacks on people who helped convict Henry Mesner.

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