Detective Edward J. Barney

Edward J. Barney

Detective Barney was shot and killed at 3:19 p.m. while raiding a liquor stash with other officers. The officers had received a tip that the stash was being guarded by two men at a home at 1511 Pasadena Street. When they arrived at the home the two suspects opened fire with a machine gun, killing Detective Barney. One of the suspects, who was wanted for a double murder in Pennsylvania, was killed in the return gunfire.

Detective Barney, a WWI Navy veteran, was assigned to the 10th Precinct. He was survived by his wife and four-year-old son.