Ronald Ron Dean Barnett

Death by Force

On August 21, 2024, 71-year-old Ronald Barnett was fatally shot in the parking lot of a Walmart near I-29 and Barry Road in Kansas City, Missouri. The incident began when Barnett's vehicle passed by 47-year-old Taquiza V. Johnson, a former Kansas City Police Department officer, as Johnson was exiting the store. Surveillance footage shows Johnson making a gesture toward Barnett's vehicle, prompting Barnett to reverse and exit his car briefly before parking. Subsequently, Johnson approached Barnet ...Read More

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