Officer Wade C. Barrett, Jr., DeKalb County Police Department, Georgia

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DeKalb County Police Department, Georgia

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Wade C. Barrett, Jr.

DeKalb County Police Department, Georgia

End of Watch: Sunday, April 7, 1991

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Age: 27

Tour: 4 years

Badge # Not available

Cause: Gunfire

Incident Date: 4/7/1991

Weapon: Gun; Unknown type

Suspect: In custody

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Officer Wade Barrett was shot and killed after he had responded to a call of an unknown disturbance at an apartment complex. As he pulled in he heard a woman scream from an upstairs apartment. As he entered the apartment he interrupted a home invasion robbery by five suspects posing as police officers and was shot. One of the rounds entered an opening in his vest and struck his heart. He died at the scene.

Officer Barrett had served with the agency for four years. He is survived by one son.

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I met Wade months after having moved to Georgia. He responded to a break-in at my house. Afterwards I'd see him patroling my neighorhood. Shortly thereafter, my boyfriend and I ran into him at the movies (working a second job) just before the Christmas holidays. He'd told me that he couldn't go home for the holidays because of his work schedule and of his upcoming nuptuals. When I got the news of his death I was heartbroken, still am. Officer Barrett was a real cop but even more than that he was a real upstanding man. I hope his family knows that he was much appreciated and is missed.

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Dekalb Resident
April 26, 2012

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