A domestic dispute in a Chesterfield County home ended with the shooting death of 28-year-old Barbie Mirella Perez on the evening of April 13, 2026. Perez, a mother to a three-month-old daughter named Dream, was shot multiple times outside her family’s residence on Shady Creek Road after an argument with the child’s father, 33-year-old Javvante Blackton. Witnesses reported hearing as many as 10 shots. Court documents and witness statements say the argument and a physical altercation began inside the home, with Perez’s mother and her mother’s boyfriend present.

Blackton walked outside, Perez followed him to his car, and he fired multiple shots, striking Perez and damaging nearby homes and parked vehicles. Blackton fled on foot after abandoning his car; he was arrested the next day with help from the US Marshals Service and charged with second-degree murder. Friends and family describe Perez as kind-hearted and spirited; the community has set up a memorial at the scene and fundraisers to support her infant daughter.

Does anyone who knew Barbie or was in that neighborhood on April 13 have information that could help investigators?