University of Arizona Police Department, Arizona
End of Watch: Friday, August 24, 1990
Age: 37
Tour of Duty: 5 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Date of Incident: August 24, 1990
Weapon Used: Officer's handgun
Suspect Info: Not available
Corporal Kevin Barleycorn was inadvertently shot and killed by a fellow officer in the courtyard of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at the intersection of E 6th Street and N Cherry Avenue.
Corporal Barleycorn was struggling with a subject who had brandished a firearm toward officers at a fraternity party. Another officer fired at the subject just as Corporal Barleycorn was tackling him. The round passed through the subject's arm and struck Corporal Barleycorn between the panels of his vest.
Corporal Barleycorn had served with the University of Arizona Police Department for five years. He is survived by three sons, his mother, four brothers, and two sisters.