Zion Barrett

Death by Force

Zion Barrett, 16, a Black male, was shot on the night of September 6, 2025, in a Hampton subdivision of Clayton County, Georgia, near the intersection of Paladin Drive and Trafalgar Way. Responding officers found him unresponsive with gunshot wounds around 10 p.m.; he was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. He was a student at Lovejoy High School, and relatives later shared the shock of learning he had not survived.

In the days that followed, detectives executed a raid on a ...Read More

WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta: Clayton County family seeks justice after 16-year-old’s killing

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