Roll of Honor
Kevin Weadock Barleycorn
Incident
Corporal Kevin Barleycorn was inadvertently shot and killed by a fellow officer in the courtyard of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at the intersection of E 6th Street and N Cherry Avenue. Corporal Barleycorn was struggling with a subject who had brandished a firearm toward officers at a fraternity party. Another officer fired at the subject just as Corporal Barleycorn was tackling him. The round passed through the subject's arm and struck Corporal Barleycorn between the panels of his vest. Corporal Barleycorn had served with the University of Arizona Police Department for five years.
Survivors
He is survived by three sons, his mother, four brothers, and two sisters.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal Barleycorn gave the University of Arizona Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tucson community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Barleycorn.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Kevin Weadock Barleycorn served in the U.S. Navy (1976â1980) before joining law enforcement.
Corporal Kevin Weadock Barleycorn is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In AZ, 95 of 330 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.8% of this state's fallen. That is 28.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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When Accident Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
Military Service
Kevin Weadock Barleycorn served in the U.S. Navy (1976–1980) before joining law enforcement.
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