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Christian Barnes

Case from Gary, IN dated Sep 10, 2025

Victim Details

Christian Barnes

Male

Black / African American

Gary

IN

2025-09-10

21

Christian

Barnes

06/22/2026

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In the late hours of a Wednesday evening, the life of 21-year-old Christian Barnes of Michigan City, Indiana, was tragically cut short in Gary. Authorities were called to an alley behind the 500 block of E. Ridge Road on September 10, 2025, where they discovered Barnes suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced deceased at the scene by a Lake County Coroner's investigator just before midnight.

A subsequent forensic autopsy confirmed that the young Black male's death was a result of ...
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  • Christian A. Barnes Obituary September 10
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