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Diyon Barnes

Case from Chester, PA dated Feb 16, 1997

Victim Details

Diyon Barnes

Male

Black / African American

Chester

PA

1997-02-16

24

Diyon

Barnes

06/28/2026

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Diyon Barnes, a 24-year-old Black/African American man from Chester, Pennsylvania, died on February 16, 1997, after a confrontation in the city turned violent. Online memorial information identifies him as a victim of gun violence in Chester, and obituary information describes him as a Chester native, a 1993 graduate of Chester High School, and a laborer at Man Power in Media. He was taken to Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, where he died.

The killing unfolded during an altercati ...
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