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Barry Collins

Case from Tucson, AZ dated Aug 10, 1979

Victim Details

Barry Collins

Male

Tucson

AZ

1979-08-10

28

Barry

Collins

06/29/2026

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On a summer evening in Tucson, Arizona, the lives of several people were irrevocably changed in a burst of violence. It was August 10, 1979, at the Ranch House Bar, a known hangout for bikers, when a confrontation escalated into a deadly shooting. When the chaos subsided, two men were dead and another was wounded. One of the deceased was Barry Collins, a 28-year-old male from North Carolina.

The incident began with a dispute between a biker named Jasper Newton McMurtrey and three other me ...
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  • Arizona Daily Star: After 20 years on death row, he's free
  • Barry Collins - National Gun Violence Memorial
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