Dexter Jerome Barnett, 42, was shot and killed in Salinas, California, on January 10, 2015. Barnett, originally from Foley, Alabama, was at the Chin Brothers Market on North Main Street when an argument with Angel Ramirez, 25, a Norteno gang member, began after Barnett—reported to be associated with the Crips—used the term cuz, which Ramirez took as disrespectful. Ramirez left but returned later with others. Barnett left the market with his 11-year-old son and the child was not present at the time of the fatal shooting.

That evening, Barnett returned to the area near the Happy to be Nappy barbershop in Chinatown, where Ramirez ambushed him and shot him four times with a .45 caliber semi-automatic Glock pistol. Barnett died at the scene. Surveillance footage was used in the investigation and Ramirez was identified and prosecuted. Ramirez was convicted of first-degree murder with gang and weapon special allegations and received a long prison term; the family spoke of both grief and forgiveness during the proceedings.

Did anyone in the community witness the confrontation at the market or the ambush near the barbershop?