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Kay’Irian Menyal Lenay Barber, a 23-year-old resident of Alexandria, Louisiana, died on July 28, 2024, due to apparent gunshot wounds. The incident occurred in the 2200 block of West Sycamore Street in Alexandria, where responding officers found her and another individual, 33-year-old Shawn Harper of Pineville, Louisiana, deceased from gunshot wounds.
Kay’Irian was born on June 19, 2001, to Yokoshimada Barber and Carlos Batiste, and was raised by Knodolus Shackleford, Sr. She was ed ...Read More
Kay’Irian was born on June 19, 2001, to Yokoshimada Barber and Carlos Batiste, and was raised by Knodolus Shackleford, Sr. She was ed ...Read More
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Kay’Irian Barber
Female
Black / African American
Alexandria
LA
2024-07-28
23
Kay’Irian
Barber
Primary Suspect Deceased
11/04/2025
Forum Posts (3)
I was thinking about Kay’Irian, and it’s just so deeply unsettling to me that she was taken from... ...Read More
09/24/2024
09/24/2024
I'm really disturbed by the news about Kay’Irian Menyal Lenay Barber and Shawn Harper. This is ano... ...Read More
09/23/2024
09/23/2024
I came across another tragic detail about Kay’Irian's life that just adds so much more to the sens... ...Read More
07/31/2024
07/31/2024
