Conrad Birney

On a cold December day in 1972, the city of Alexandria, Virginia, lost a dedicated public servant. Conrad Lee Birney, a 40-year-old white male, had spent 17 years with the Alexandria Police Department, rising to the rank of detective. On December 27th, while in plain clothes, he responded to a bank alarm at the Seminary Shopping Plaza.

As Detective Birney arrived at the scene, three men were attempting to flee the bank. In a sudden and violent confrontation, he was shot and killed. The su ...