Barry W. Headricks

Tucson Police Department — Tucson, AZ

Felonious

End of Watch October 28, 1974

Age 27

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 10

Incident

Officer Barry Headricks was shot and killed while participating in an undercover narcotics raid at an apartment complex at 1150 E. 8th Street. In coordination with Metro agents, Officers Headricks and his partner were posing as heroin buyers. They had arranged a drug buy and went to the dealer's apartment. The other Metro agents and the deputy county attorney positioned themselves, out of sight of the apartment, in the hallway. When the dealer opened the door he saw the other agents behind Officers Headricks. The man attempted to shut the door as Officer Headricks announced that he was a police officer. The suspect continued to try to shut the door with one of the officers partially in the apartment. The agents forced the door open and rushed inside. Officer Headricks went into the apartment's only bedroom as other officers held the suspect on the floor and handcuffed him. Another officer held the second suspect against a wall. As officers told the third suspect to 'freeze' one of the men opened fire on the officers who were inside the apartment. Officer Headricks was fatally wounded and three of the offenders in the home suffered non-life threatening wounds during the shootout. The man who shot Officer Headricks was sentenced to life in prison but paroled in March 2000. Officer Headricks had served with the Tucson Police Department for five years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Headricks gave the Tucson Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tucson community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Headricks.

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

Agency

Department Tucson Police Department

Location Tucson, AZ

Platform Identity tpd.pima.az.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 28, 1974

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 27

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Sentenced to life

Officer Barry W. Headricks is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In AZ, 204 of 330 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.8% of this state's fallen. That is 7.6 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Tucson Police Department, 6 of 11 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 54.5% of this agency's fallen.

Tucson Police Department

of 11 officers

54.5% Felonious

AZ — Statewide

204

of 330 officers

61.8% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious