Tremaine Junior Barnett, 37, was found unresponsive in the driver’s seat of his red Jeep on McClellan Street in Fort Wayne on November 5, 2021. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the head, was taken to a local hospital, and was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The Allen County Coroner’s Office ruled the manner of death a homicide with the cause listed as gunshot wounds to the head.

Investigators say Barnett had been with 33-year-old Robert Dashon James of South Bend that night. Detectives recovered two 9mm shell casings inside the Jeep and found James’s fingerprints on a bottle of tequila the men reportedly shared. GPS data from a home detention anklet Barnett was wearing placed him at the scene around 10:45 p.m. A tip to Crime Stoppers reportedly said James had been bragging about involvement in the killing; James was arrested in South Bend on December 13, 2021, and charged with murder.

Security camera footage and witness statements were cited as placing responsibility on James, while James initially pointed to an alleged accomplice called Flex. Are there readers who knew Barnett or have information about what happened that night?