Ron Bar

Murdered

On December 27, 1989, shortly after midnight, a tragic incident unfolded at the Short Stop convenience store located at 48th Street and Broadway in Phoenix, Arizona. During a robbery that yielded a mere $72, the store clerk, 46-year-old Ron Barman, and the security guard, 61-year-old Richard Butts, were both fatally shot. The crime was captured on surveillance cameras, which recorded a black male assailant wearing a distinctive sweater with light-colored, diamond-shaped patterns across the chest ...Read More

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