Officer Larry Brian Mitchell, 23, was killed in the line of duty on Wednesday, May 30, 2001, while serving with the Gallup Police Department. Mitchell, a four-year department veteran, was part of a seven-member SWAT team responding to a domestic dispute at a mobile home that escalated into a barricaded gunfire situation. As officers attempted to enter the mobile home the barricaded individual fired; Mitchell was struck in the side, just above his bulletproof vest, and the wound proved fatal. A second officer was shot but protected by his vest.

The suspect kept firing through the night; the standoff lasted about four hours before the suspect surrendered and was arrested. Mitchell is survived by his wife and a 2-year-old son and is remembered on the Officer Down Memorial Pages and the Wall of Remembrance in Gallup. Does anyone have memories of Officer Mitchell or information about that night to share with the community?