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Oshea Barnes

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated May 05, 2020

Victim Details

Oshea Barnes

Male

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2020-05-05

25

Oshea

Barnes

06/29/2026

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On the night of May 5, 2020, a 25-year-old man named Oshea Barnes was shot and killed in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. The fatal encounter occurred at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Bergen Street, not far from his home on New York Avenue. Two men reportedly confronted Barnes and shot him in the chest before quickly fleeing the scene. Emergency services were called, and Barnes was rushed to the nearby NYC Health & Hospitals/Kings County. Despite the efforts of medical staff, he succumb ...
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  • amNewYork: One dead, one wounded in two separate Brooklyn shootings - amNewYork
  • Mom of Brooklyn man tries to make sense of his shooting death
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