Robert Barnes

In the summer of 2008, a promising young life was abruptly cut short in the Sheraden neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Robert Lee Barnes Jr., a 20-year-old male who had once been a celebrated basketball star at Langley High School, was fatally shot on July 19, 2008. Known for his athletic prowess and for being a father, his death left a community in mourning and searching for answers.

On that Saturday afternoon, Barnes entered a shop on Hillsboro Street. Inside the store, an argument broke out ...