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Kenyetta Barnes

Case from Pontiac, MI dated Apr 14, 2015

Victim Details

Kenyetta Barnes

Female

Black / African American

Pontiac

MI

2015-04-14

32

Kenyetta

Barnes

07/15/2026

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In the spring of 2015, the life of Kenyetta Barnes, a 32-year-old Black mother of seven, was tragically cut short in her Pontiac, Michigan, home. On the evening of April 14th, an argument erupted between Barnes and her 21-year-old boyfriend, Akira McCray, in an upstairs bedroom of their residence on Shirley Street. The dispute escalated to a fatal conclusion when McCray produced a handgun and shot Barnes multiple times in the chest. As a result of the gunfire, she fell into her bedroom closet.
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    I've been thinking a lot about Kenyetta Barnes' little girl, Ahmiya, who was injured in that tragic ... ...Read More
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    I can't stop thinking about Kenyetta's youngest, Ahmiya, who was injured in such a terrifying and tr... ...Read More
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