Barry Lee Bush

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation — Washington, DC

Accident

End of Watch April 5, 2007

Age 52

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Special Agent Barry Bush was shot and killed by another agent while he and other agents conducted surveillance on a group of three suspects wanted for robbing several banks in central New Jersey.

On April 5th, FBI agents followed the suspected robbers to an area around Readington Township, New Jersey, where the robbers were casing several banks. As two of the robbers pulled into a PNC Bank parking lot in a vehicle stolen earlier that morning, a third robber parked his vehicle across the street from the PNC Bank and acted as a lookout.

As FBI SWAT team members converged on the stolen vehicle at the PNC Bank, Special Agent Bush and his team were advised to arrest the lookout across the street from the PNC Bank. Special Agent Bush's vehicle arrived at the lookout vehicle and he positioned it pointing at the passenger's side of the lookout vehicle. FBI SWAT team members also arrived at the location and as Special Agent Bush began to exit his vehicle, a FBI SWAT team member, believing Special Agent Bush was a robber, fired three times, striking Special Agent Bush once in the right shoulder and mortally wounding him.

Two of the suspects were apprehended immediately, and the third was apprehended the next day.

Special Agent Bush had served with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 20 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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20 years. You could have gone home.
Special Agent Bush gave the United States Department of Justice 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Bush.

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

Agency

Department United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation

Type Federal Agency

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usdjfbifed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 5, 2007

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

Age 52

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Barry is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

Compare against

Time

In 2007, 94 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 11th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Barry was 52. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Barry had served 20 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.