KCPD Memorial Lest We Forget
Honoring the Fallen
Officer
Emmet Charles Barnes
Kansas City, MO Police Dept
EOW: Sunday, April 6, 1924
Date of incident:
Age: 27
Tour: 2 years
DOB: April 12, 1896
Cause: Gunfire

Officer Charles Barnes was shot and killed when attempting to apprehend a burglary suspect.

Patrolman Barnes was shot and killed while he and two other officers attempted to apprehend a burglary suspect at a store.

Patrolman Barnes who had responded to a report of a burglary in progress was covering the front door of a drygoods store at 6002 East Fifteenth Street, as two ofther officers covered the rear. The suspect exited through the front door and shot Patrolman Barnes in the neck as he fled. Three officers chased after the suspect on foot but lost him in an alleyway. Patrolman Barnes was transported to the East Side Hospital where he succumbed to the wound 15 minutes later.

Patrolman Barnes, 27, a World War I veteran, had been with the agency for two years and was assigned to Sheffield Station. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret, and a son. Interred: Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery, Louisburg, Kansas.

Article by Brent Marchant

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