Master Police Officer Michael E. Garbarino
Fairfax County Police Department, Virginia
End of Watch: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Age: 53
Tour of Duty: 23 years
Badge Number: 1417
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Monday, May 8, 2006
Weapon Used: Rifle; AK-47
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Master Police Officer Michael Garbarino succumbed to gunshot woundssustained 9 days earlier when a suspect opened fire on him and otherofficers in the parking lot of the Sully District Station on StonecroftBoulevard in Chantilly.
The suspect had carjacked a van moments earlier and drove into the police station's back parking lot. The suspect exited the vehicle and opened fire with an AK-47 rifle on Officer Garbarino, who was sitting in his patrol car, striking him five times.
53-years-old
Survived by his wife, Sue, and two daughters, Katie and Natalie
Was a Police Officer at William Patterson College in
Wayne, NJ between November ’81 and December ‘82
Hired as Fairfax County Police Officer on March 7, 1983
Assigned to the McLean District Station
Promoted to Police Officer First Class on August 30, 1986
Promoted to Master Police Officer on December 9, 1995
Despite being critically wounded, Officer Garbarino was able to broadcast a warning to other officers not to exit the back of the police station.
Detective Vicky Armel, who was also in the parking lot, immediately engaged the suspect and exchanged shots with the man. She was fatally wounded during the exchange. Several officers who responded to the parking lot also exchanged shots with the shooter, killing him. In addition to the AK-47 rifle, the killer was armed with five handguns and a hunting rifle.
Master Police Officer Garbarino and Detective Armel were flown to Inova Fairfax Hospital by members of the agency's helicopter division.
Investigation revealed that the 18-year-old killer had been arrested by Fairfax County police officers two weeks earlier for a carjacking he had committed in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Master Police Officer Garbarino had served with the Fairfax County Police Department for 23 years. He is survived by his wife, two children, parents, and sister.
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