D’Angelo Malindsay Barker, 25, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of June 14, 2025, in the 100 block of East Allison Street in Statesville, North Carolina. Officers found him around 5:35 a.m. lying in the roadway with gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen; despite life-saving efforts he was pronounced dead at the scene. He was Black/African American and is remembered by family and community members as a kind-hearted young father who had earned his GED and was working at a local Kentucky Fried Chicken. An obituary lists his ties to Statesville and Lincolnton.

Investigators with the Statesville Police Department’s Violent Crimes and Criminal Investigations Units pursued leads through interviews and evidence collection. On July 22, 2025, authorities apprehended 33-year-old Darryl Davekio Jordan in Huntersville; the next day Barker was identified as the victim in a murder charge and Jordan was booked into the Iredell County Detention Center without bond. Motive and the exact chain of events that led to Barker’s death remain matters for the ongoing investigation and court process.

If anyone knew D’Angelo, was in the area of East Allison Street that morning, or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.