Kenneth Barnes, 52, was shot dead outside his Ozark, Missouri home on May 19, 2021. Barnes had worked 25 years as an Emergency Medical Technician and Emergency Medical Dispatcher at Mercy Hospital. He was a husband, father of three daughters and a grandfather.

Investigators say Barnes’s 88-year-old longtime roommate, Larry Shaw, admitted he had grown tired of Barnes’s vulgar language and treatment. Court documents allege Shaw retrieved a handgun, waited in a recliner for about three hours, then shot Barnes once in the chest when Barnes approached after being asked to do chores. Shaw was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action and held without bond.

If anyone knew Barnes or has information about his final hours or the relationship between him and his roommate, please share what you know.