Kevin Barber

Death by Force

In the winter of 2017, a burst of gunfire shattered the late afternoon peace at a housing complex in Newark, New Jersey, abruptly ending the life of 16-year-old Kevin Barber. A Black/African American male, Barber was one of four teenagers struck by bullets on January 11, 2017, in a violent altercation that unfolded at the John W. Hyatt Court complex on Hawkins Street. The incident, which occurred just after 5 p.m., was the tragic culmination of an ongoing dispute. While three other youths, aged ...Read More

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