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Ruby Barnette

Case from Shreveport, LA dated Jun 29, 2014

Victim Details

Ruby Barnette

Female

Black / African American

Shreveport

LA

2014-06-29

55

Ruby

Barnette

06/27/2026

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In the summer of 2014, a domestic dispute in Shreveport, Louisiana, ended in the tragic death of 55-year-old Ruby Barnette. On the evening of June 29th, police were called to a home in the Martin Luther King Jr. neighborhood, where they discovered Barnette with a life-threatening gunshot wound. She was quickly transported to a nearby hospital but unfortunately succumbed to her injuries.

The initial investigation pointed to a domestic incident as the cause of the fatal shooting. Authoritie ...
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  • Victim in deadly MLK neighborhood shooting identified, no arrests
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