Roll of Honor
Michael Gale Garbo
Incident
Location: Arizona Weapon: Handgun Offender: Shot and killed
Group Supervisor Mike Garbo was shot and killed while he and other regional task force members conducted an inspection of an Amtrak train at the Amtrak Station in Tucson, Arizona.
He and other task force members boarded the train, which was traveling from Los Angeles, California, to New Orleans, Louisiana, to conduct an inspection for narcotics. They had detained one subject and were escorting him from the train when another man opened fire on them, fatally wounding Group Supervisor Garbo and another DEA agent. The subject then wounded another task force officer as the two exchanged fire.
The subject was later found dead inside one of the train's bathrooms.
Group Supervisor Garbo was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Group Supervisor Garbo had served with the Drug Enforcement Administration for 16 years and had previously served with the Metro Nashville Police Department in Tennessee.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, daughter, niece, and brother.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Group Supervisor Garbo gave the United States Department of Justice 16 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Group Supervisor Garbo.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Group Supervisor Michael Gale Garbo is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In TX, 1,461 of 2,422 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.3% of this state's fallen. That is 60.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At United States Department of Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration, 18 of 38 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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How Michael Gale Garbo Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
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Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Michael Gale Garbo was killed by handgun.
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