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Conservation Officer

Shannon Lee "Opie" Barron

Red Lake Nation Conservation Enforcement — Red Lake, MN

Cardiac

End of Watch July 7, 2019

Age 48

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Conservation Officer Opie Barron suffered a fatal heart attack while investigating an illegal harvesting call off of Highway 89 north of Red Lake.

He and other officers had just cleared from the call when he radioed dispatch requesting EMS for himself. The other officers returned and immediately began performing life-saving measures. He was transported to Red Lake Indian Health Service Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Officer Barron had served with the Red Lake Nation Conservation Department for 19 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, two children, and aunt who raised him.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Conservation Officer Barron gave the Red Lake Nation Conservation Enforcement 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Red Lake community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Conservation Officer Barron.

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

Agency

Department Red Lake Nation Conservation Enforcement

Location Red Lake, MN

Platform Identity rlncecons.rln.tribal.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 7, 2019

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

Age 48

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Conservation Officer Shannon Lee "Opie" Barron is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In MN, 26 of 293 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 8.9% of this state's fallen. That is 4.9 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

Red Lake Nation Conservation Enforcement

of 1 officers

100% Cardiac

MN — Statewide

of 293 officers

8.9% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac

National Cause Distribution

How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Shannon Lee "Opie" Barron's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Shannon Lee "Opie" Barron Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Cardiac: 48.6 years

Years of Service