Khadafi Barnes, a 20-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on November 25, 2020, in Ayden, North Carolina. The shooting happened in front of a house on Fawn Road at about 8:30 p.m., and Barnes was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators from the Ayden Police Department, the N.C. State Bureau of Investigations Fugitive & Missing Person Task Force, and the Greenville Police Department’s Violent Criminal Apprehension team worked the case. On the morning of November 30, 2020, 19-year-old Travis Rosenboro was arrested without incident at University Suites in Greenville and charged with Barnes’s murder; he was held in the Pitt County Detention Center with no bond. The investigation remained ongoing, and authorities said they were pursuing several leads.

The community of Ayden was reported to be deeply affected by Barnes’s death. If anyone has information about what happened that night, please contact investigators handling the case.