In loving Memory

Master Police Officer Michael Garbarino
Fairfax County Police Department
Virginia
End of Watch: Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Biographical Info
Age: 53
Tour of Duty: 23 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Monday, May 8, 2006
Weapon Used: Rifle; AK-47
Suspect Info: Shot and killed

Master Police Officer Garbarino succumbed to gunshot wound sustained 9 days earlier when a suspect opened fire on him and other officers in the parking lot of the Sully District Station on Stonecroft Boulevard 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.

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 suspect, killing him. In addition to the AK-47 rifle, the suspect 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 suspect 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, and his parents.

Related Line of Duty Deaths
Fairfax County Police Department, Virginia Detective Vicky Anne Owen Armel
Fairfax County Police Department, VA
EOW: Monday, May 8, 2006
Cause of Death: Gunfire