Kaleeb Barnes was 23 when he died from a gunshot wound to the chest in the O’Fallon neighborhood of Saint Louis, Missouri, on October 31, 2021. ShotSpotter alerted police to gunfire in the 4500 block of Alice Avenue in the early morning; Barnes was taken to a hospital in a private vehicle but later died from his injuries.

Prosecutors identified 21-year-old Tryston Corbin of St. Charles County as the person responsible, saying the shooting followed an argument at a home on Alice Avenue, the same block where Barnes lived. Corbin fled the scene and authorities later recovered the pistol he admitted using. Corbin was charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Barnes worked as a deckhand in the river industry at Osage Marine Services and was the father of a daughter. Those who knew him remember his positive attitude and constant smile. If anyone has information about the shooting or remembers Kaleeb from the neighborhood, please come forward.