Emmet C. Barnes.
Patrolman Emmet Barnes was shot and killed while he and two other officers attempted to apprehend a burglary suspect at a store at 6002 East Fifteenth Street in Kansas City. Patrolman Barnes was covering the front door as the other two officers covered the rear. The suspect attempted to leave through the front and shot Patrolman Barnes in the neck as he fled. The other two officers chased after the suspect after hearing the shots, but the man was able to evade them. Patrolman Barnes was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to the wound 15 minutes later. Patrolman Barnes was a World War I veteran and had served with the Kansas City Police Department for two years.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Barnes gave the Kansas City Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Kansas City community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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