Barry Engman Anderson was 19 when he died on the evening of June 19, 2018, in the Five Points community of Chambers County, Alabama. He had just turned 19 three days earlier. According to the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office, Barry was with friends when a firearm was discharged; investigators concluded he had been handling the weapon when it accidentally fired, fatally wounding him. Emergency services responded but he did not survive.

Family members remembered Barry at a visitation and funeral service held in the days after the incident. No suspects were sought and no arrests were made because the death was treated as accidental. If anyone was with Barry that evening or has information about what happened, please come forward to help clarify the events of that night.