In the early hours of a Tuesday in June, the life of Travon William Arthur Barnett, a 23-year-old male, was tragically cut short on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. On June 14, 2016, at approximately 3:20 a.m., police were called to Kirk Avenue in Northeast Baltimore following reports of gunfire. Upon arrival, they discovered Travon suffering from a gunshot wound to his chest. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, but after a nine-hour fight for his life, he succumbed to his injuries.
Travon, known affectionately as 'Twin,' was a graduate of Patterson Senior High School, where he had been a key player on the varsity basketball team, helping them secure a state championship. Remembered as a loving and outgoing young man, he had a daughter and another child on the way with his fiancée, whom he had met in high school. He was reportedly focused on building a future for his family and had been taking college classes to find a career path, with dreams of one day leaving the violence of the city behind.
The circumstances surrounding Travon's death pointed to a targeted attack. Witnesses at the scene reported seeing three individuals fleeing the area immediately after the shooting. The incident left his family and friends devastated, not only by the sudden loss of a beloved son, brother, and father but also because it was another chapter in a story of familial tragedy. Travon's identical twin brother, Tavon, was already serving a life sentence in prison for a murder committed in 2012. The violent end to Travon's life meant that both twin brothers were lost to the streets of Baltimore, one to incarceration and the other to a fatal act of violence. As of the latest available information, there have been no reports of arrests made in connection with the murder of Travon William Arthur Barnett, and the three suspects seen fleeing the scene have not been publicly identified.
