Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry - U.S. Customs and Border Patrol - True Life Hero

Brian A. Terry
- Dec. 15, 2010 -

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Resided:	DC, USA
Born:	Aug. 11, 1970
Fallen:	Dec. 15, 2010
Race/Sex:	Caucasian Male / 40 yrs. of age
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Dept:	U.S. Customs and Border Patrol 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington D.C., DC 20229 USA (877)227-5511
County:	District of Columbia
Dept. Type:	Federal/Law Enforcement
Hero's Rank:	Border Patrol Agent
Sworn Date:	2007
FBI Class:	Homicide - Assault
Weapon Class:	Firearm
Agency URL:	Click Here
On The Job:	3 years

Bio: A native of suburban Detroit, Terry ran cross-country at Flat Rock High School, where he graduated in 1988. He enlisted in the Marines and spent most of his four-year tour as a military police officer in Naples, Italy. After his military service, Terry graduated from college. He became a police officer, first in Ecorse, Mich., and then in his hometown of Lincoln Park. On his first day on the job there, he responded to a shootout at a residential complex in which three people died.

Terry, who was single, loved sports cars and owned a series of Mustangs and Corvettes. Even though he enjoyed being a police officer, he had wanted to be a federal law enforcement agent since he was a boy. In 2007, he was president of his graduating class of 699 at the Border Patrol Academy in El Paso, Texas. At 37, he was the oldest agent to be accepted into the Border Patrol's elite tactical unit and went on to pass a grueling five-week training course, similar to the one used to select special operations forces in the military.

Survived by:

Parents
& brother, two sisters, five nieces, and one nephew and is buried in Michigan Memorial Park, Flat Rock, Wayne County, Michigan.

Fatal Incident Summary

Offender:	Manuel Osorio-Arellanes :: Hispanic / Male - 37 years old Osorio-Arellanes was sentenced Monday, 2/11/14, to 30 years on a federal murder charge in Terry�s death, making him the first person involved in the killing to go to prison in the United States.
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Offender:	Ivan Soto-Barraza :: Hispanic / Male - 35 years old Arrested 9/12/13 in Mexico
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Location:	Rio Rico, Santa Cruz County, AZ USA Wed. Dec. 15, 2010
Summary:	Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was shot and killed near Rio Rico, Arizona, while attempting to apprehend a group of armed subjects. The suspects had been preying on illegal immigrants with the intent to rob them. Agent Terry and several other agents were attempting to arrest the group when shots were exchanged between the suspects and agents. Agent Terry was struck in the pelvis by a round fired by a suspect armed with an AK-47. He was flown to a hospital where he succumbed early the following morning. One of the subjects who was wounded in the shootout was taken into custody at the scene and charged with murder. Four other subjects fled the scene and were believed to have returned to Mexico. Ono of the four fugitives was arrested by Mexican authorities in September 2012 and is awaiting extradition.
Disposition:	On October 30th, 2012, the subject who was wounded in the initial shootout pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and faces life in prison during his formal sentencing hearing. On December 12th, 2012, the straw buyer who purchased two of the weapons found at the scene of Agent Terry's murder was sentenced to 57 months in prison.
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Last Updated: Feb. 13, 2014