Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Edgar Rains was shot and killed by friendly fire as he and his fellow officers confronted an armed suspect. Corporal Rains and other officers responded to the scene of a domestic dispute in which a husband was menacing his wife with a handgun. The officers approached the home from one side and noticed that the armed suspect was headed for the glass sliding door at the opposite end of the house. Corporal Rains responded to the other side of the home and peeked over a fence to gauge the suspect's location. As he did so, the suspect exited the house and pointed his gun at the other officers. One of the officers fired his shotgun at the suspect, who immediately took cover behind the house. The blast traveled through gaps in a brick wall and a 6-foot privacy fence, passed through a 1-inch opening between a gutter spout and a wall, and struck Corporal Rains as he peeked over the fence. Other officers subdued and arrested the suspect before realizing that Corporal Rains had been injured. He succumbed to his wounds on the scene. The suspect was later tried and convicted of aggravated assault for menacing his wife. Corporal Rains had served with the Northglenn Police Department for five years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal Rains gave the Northglenn Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Northglenn community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Rains.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Edgar Blaine Rains, Jr. is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In CO, 101 of 360 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edgar Blaine Rains, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Edgar Blaine Rains, Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Edgar Blaine Rains, Jr. is highlighted in May.