Kristopher Barnes, a 20-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, was shot in the Castor section of Northeast Philadelphia in the early days of November 2009. Police records listed the assault date as November 3, 2009, and the date of death as November 4, 2009. He was found around 6:00 p.m. in the 6700 block of Oakland Street, only a short distance from where he lived, and what began as a shooting scene quickly became a homicide investigation.
When police found Barnes, he had been shot
twice in the head. He was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he survived into the early morning hours before being pronounced dead at 2:18 a.m. on November 4. His death was later included among Philadelphia's 2009 homicide victims, with the location recorded as the 6700 block of Oakland Street.
At the time his name was released publicly, investigators had not announced a motive. Police also had not identified any suspects, and the available reporting stated that both the motive and suspect information were undetermined. No online source reviewed reported an arrest, charges, trial, or conviction connected to Barnes's killing.
The case was reported alongside another fatal shooting in Philadelphia, underscoring how suddenly two young men were lost to gun violence in different parts of the city within a short span of time. For Barnes, the public record remains sparse: a young man found wounded near his own block, transported to the hospital, and gone before dawn, with no confirmed suspect or arrest appearing in the available online accounts.
