Barrett Travis Hill

Harris County Sheriff's Office — Houston, TX

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch December 4, 2000

Age 38

Tour of Duty 3 yrs 6 mo

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Gender Male

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Incident

Deputy Sheriff Barrett Hill was shot and killed while chasing car theft suspects in a wooded area in the 900 block of Dunson Glen Drive.

He and his field training officer had responded to a call of two people breaking into cars. Upon their arrival, the suspects fled into a wooded area and the officers pursued them on foot. Deputy Hill radioed that he had captured one of the suspects.

Soon after, his training officer gunshots and was unable to reach Deputy Hill by radio. He was located moments later by his training officer. Despite wearing a vest, Deputy Hill had sustained gunshot wounds to the face, chest, and hand. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The subject who shot him then carjacked a woman in a nearby apartment complex and escaped the scene. He was arrested later in the morning approximately 75 miles away after being spotted by a sheriff's deputy in another jurisdiction. On January 16th, 2002, the man was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death.

Deputy Hill was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Gulf War. He had served as a jailer for the Harris County Sheriff's Office for 3-1/2 years and was just finishing his field training before becoming a patrol deputy.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, two daughters, parents, and siblings.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Deputy Sheriff Hill gave the Harris County Sheriff's Office 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Houston community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Harris County Sheriff's Office

Type Sheriff's Office

Location Houston, Harris County, TX

Platform Identity hcso.harris.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 4, 2000

Tour of Duty 3 yrs 6 mo

Age 38

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Military Service

Barrett Travis Hill served in the U.S. Army (1987â1990) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Barrett is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2000, 71 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 100th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Barrett was 38. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Barrett had served 3.5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.