On June 13, 2020, 20-year-old Keyonja Barnes was found with a critical gunshot wound to the head in the 1700 block of Bedford Avenue in Evansville, Indiana. Multiple 911 calls that night reported hearing three to ten gunshots. Barnes was taken to a local hospital but later died; an autopsy confirmed a single gunshot wound to the head as the cause of death.

Investigators say shots were fired from a vehicle that sped away after the shooting. No arrests have been announced and the shooter or shooters remain unidentified, leaving the case unsolved. In the days after his death, a vigil for Barnes saw a woman shot in the leg, and the next night his brother was one of two people wounded in a separate shooting.

Known as Onja to family and friends, he was a father described as having a contagious smile and a knack for joking with everyone. Anyone with information about what happened that night is asked to come forward.