On the evening of December 27, 2019, 32-year-old Michael Barnes was found fatally shot in the face on a walkway between two houses in Trenton, New Jersey, and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police responded after reports of gunfire that night.

Barnes had a documented history tied to Trenton’s criminal underworld; he was previously identified as a former gang member who used the nickname Murder Mike and had testified in a murder trial years earlier. That background became part of the investigation into motive.

In June 2020 the Attorney General’s office announced a large indictment against 16 alleged members and associates of the Get Money Boys street gang, alleging involvement in multiple violent crimes including Barnes’s killing. The indictment named 25-year-old Davion Fenderson charged with Barnes’s murder and listed Charles Willis, Shaiquan Hearns, Bobby Hood, and Jayshawn Fisher among those charged with conspiracy to commit murder.

Did anyone in Trenton know Barnes or have information about his movements on December 27, 2019?