Newly released body camera video depicts April shooting, leaving 2 Logan County deputies injured

The two deputies narrowly avoided serious injury. Newly released video shows an exchange of gunfire, with the suspect found dead at the scene.

Friday, April 25th 2025, 10:15 pm

By: Matt McCabe


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On Friday, the Logan County Sheriff's Office released video from an April 2 shooting that left two deputies injured and the 45-year-old suspect, Jeremy Dean Barnett, dead.

Deputies first responded to the trailer home for reports of a fight between a couple. A 911 caller told dispatchers her ex-husband was harassing her, and told dispatch he had a warrant.

Video released on Friday shows two responding deputies.

The first approaches the door of the home, and is told by a female that Barnett is hiding near the pool.

When walking toward the pool, the first deputy begins to call him out by name, before starting to duck, and then later being struck. Later video shows blood dripping from the deputy's upper body onto his hands.

The second deputy is also struck, calling into the radio, he has been hit.

Both eventually went for cover.

Other units and agencies eventually responded to the scene. The Sheriff's office used a drone to locate Barnett's deceased body.

Three deputies were placed on routine administrative leave. The OSBI, which investigated the officer-involved shooting, has turned its findings over to the District Attorney's office.

Matt McCabe

Matt McCabe is an award-winning journalist who has worked in Rockford, IL, and Kansas City, MO. Matt joined the News 9 team in May of 2023 as a multimedia journalist. 

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