El Paso Police Officer Angel Barcena had been on the job less than a month when he was shot and killed responding to a family fight call at a home at 612 Bristol. Officer Barcena, 38, a newlywed who graduated from the academy Aug. 26, died at Beaumont Army Medical Center after being shot at 12:46 a.m.  Barcena and Officer Daniel Delgado, his field training officer, were responding to a 911 call from a woman about an intoxicated man trying to break into the house. The woman was Berry's wife the man trying to break in. When the officers arrived, screaming was coming from inside the double garage attached to the home. One of the doors was about 3 feet off the ground, and the officers entered and found Berry trying to break down the door leading into the interior of the house. Berry drew a .38-caliber revolver, and the officers retreated because they had no cover in the garage. Sometime during the confrontation, Barcena fired but missed with his Taser. Police never fired their handguns. Berry allegedly fired two shots, hitting Barcena once in the back of the upper left leg near the buttocks as the officer exited the garage. The shot severed an artery, causing the young officer to collapse as he reached the end of the driveway. Delgado pulled his partner behind a car, fearing additional gunfire. Barcena was rushed to Beaumont Army Medical Center and was later pronounced dead. Berry was arrested after he came out of the house. Theodore Michael Berry, of that address, who is facing a capital murder charge.

Officer Angel Barcena is survived by his wife Iizuka Kumi

MEMORIAL FUND
Angel Barcena Memorial Fund.
Bank of the West -- c/o Isela Kirk.
Acct: 3094359
P.O. Box 99100
El Paso, TX 79999-9100