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

Officer Wade C. Barrett, Jr.

DeKalb County Police Department, Georgia

End of Watch Monday, April 8, 1991

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Wade C. Barrett, Jr.

Officer Wade Barrett was shot and killed after he had responded to a call of an unknown disturbance at the Treehills Apartment complex on Treehills Parkway shortly before midnight.

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 was transported to DeKalb Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 12:13 am.

Officer Barrett had served with the DeKalb County Police Department for four years. He is survived by one son.

Bio

Age 27
Tour 4 years
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Incident Date Sunday, April 7, 1991
Weapon Gun; Unknown type
Offender Arrested

robbery

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I met Wade at Lenoir Rhyme college. We were football teammates for my brief stint as an LR football player. He was a class act and one of the better younger players on the team.

After I left college, I became a NC State Trooper and my first duty station was Union County, Wade's home town. I remember attending his funeral along with two other Troopers. His college coach and many of his college teammates attended. You will be missed but never forgotten.

Master Trooper Barry Hiatt, retired
NCSHP

February 28, 2024