Cion Barnes, a 30-year-old African-American man from Omaha, was remembered in local death notices under the name Cion Barnes-Smith. The obituary records his birth on November 11, 1977, and his death on August 12, 2008, anchoring the timeline of a life that ended too soon. Those notices, echoed by memorial listings, mark the date and confirm his age while preserving the versions of his name used by family and friends.
On August 12, 2008, Barnes was shot and killed in Omaha. The sparse pub
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