John ’JB’ Barnett, 45, was fatally shot at about 10 p.m. on June 25, 2022, at a Phillips 66 on North Keystone Avenue in Indianapolis. Barnett was found with gunshot wounds after a disturbance at the gas station; he was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition and died there. He was not working at the time. His girlfriend says they had stopped for gas—she was filling her motorcycle while he wiped down his car—when shots rang out.

Barnett worked as an outreach worker on the city’s Office of Public Health and Safety violence reduction team and served as a peacemaker who connected with at-risk people to offer resources. Colleagues and family recall him as a proud father and a comedian who spent the day before his death engaging with children in a local park. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the shooting as a homicide; detectives say many people were at the station and have asked witnesses to come forward. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced. Barnett’s family has hired a private investigator and the community has held balloon releases and prayer vigils in his memory.

Did anyone see John Barnett at the Phillips 66 that night or have information that could help investigators?