On Wednesday, May 30, 2001, Police Officer Larry Brian Mitchell of the Gallup Police Department lost his life in the line of duty. Officer Mitchell, who was just 23 years old at the time of his death, was part of a SWAT team responding to a domestic dispute that had escalated into a barricaded situation.
The incident began with reports of gunfire following a domestic dispute at a mobile home in Gallup, New Mexico. Officer Mitchell and six other SWAT team members were dispatched to the sce
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