Barry Brent Barnes II, 25, was fatally shot near the intersection of 84th and Paseo Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday, June 21, 2019. The attack left multiple people wounded when a man approached a vehicle and opened fire; Barnes suffered a fatal gunshot in that encounter.
Known as Brent to friends and family, he was remembered at a memorial on July 7, 2019, as a beloved son, brother, and uncle who loved skateboarding and music and had a playful personality and distinctive fashion sense. Surveillance footage from the scene showed a suspect wearing a red baseball cap, a white T-shirt, and red and black sweatpants holding a handgun with what appeared to be an extended magazine.
Clothing and a cap matching that description were found nearby the day after the shooting, and DNA from those items was later matched to a 27-year-old Kansas City man. The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office charged that man with Barnes’s murder and with crimes related to the other victims’ injuries.
If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Barry Barnes, please share what is known with investigators.