Friday’s Heroes: Remembering The Fallen

 

You gave your all to protect and serve us, and for that we are eternally grateful.

Deputy Sheriff Allen Bares, Jr., 51

Vermilion Parish Louisiana Sheriff’s Office

June 23, 2014 – Deputy Allen Bares, Jr. was shot and killed while checking two suspicious men. Deputy Bares was off duty and at home mowing his grass when he witnessed a car crash. He called the sheriff’s office to report the crash and that the driver and passenger were acting in a suspicious manner. After making the call, he approached the two men and identified himself as a deputy sheriff. One of the suspects then drew a weapon and fatally shot him.

Deputies later learned that the two men had committed a burglary moments before they crashed their car. They were apprehended a short time after shooting Deputy Bares.

Deputy Bares is survived by his wife and two children.