Something went wrong, please try again later. She was just 17, a charter school graduate. In the aftermath, friends posted photos of Barnes brandishing guns. Von was a high profiled gang member. Out of 13 shots fired, 7 slugs hit Gakirah. My young ni**as theyre gonna murder he rapped. The most dangerous block in Chicago, once home to Michelle Obama: 'O Block' On a cold day in February, the police made an effort at saving Barnes from the violence of the streets. They thought that police also killed Von until they saw the footage. She spoke of organizing a Million Mom march for all mothers who have lost a child. But Barnes was never charged in those shootings because no witnesses were willing to identify her. On Christmas Day 2012, 18-year-old Joshua Jay Loud Davis was gunned down, apparently because he was wearing a Lil JoJo hooded sweatshirt. Now new information has been released by Chicago Police Department about Barnes's case and it has reportedly named who they believe is the one to have pulled the trigger. Rarely do we see cases like this where the females are the shooters, Riccio said in a recent interview. Mon-Fri : 9am to 5pm - 603-459-8358 After Hours : 603-921-6158 Barnes posted a photo inscribed RIP Carlton that showed her with her hands pressed together in prayer. Gakirah would begin to spend time with the Gangster Disciples, a street organization with an established history in her neighborhood. "She was a real badass gangster girl every bit the definition," former gang member and one-time friend Angalia Bianca said. based on information from your browser. In an interview with the Sun-Times, her mother, Shontell Brown, simply couldnt say whether her daughter was a shooter or not. Although Barnes was a teenager, she had already made a reputation for herself, believing to have killed over a dozen people. Although King Von was named as the offender police say there wasnt enough evidence to tie the killing to King Von, causing the rapper to be free of charges. And she herself made no direct online reference to the shooting. I just want everyone to know shes just not what theyve seen on social media, Brown says. Gakirah Barnes, reputed female gang assassin. She grew up in inner city Chicago, Illinois, surrounded by gangs and postcode rivalries. The wrong time for another loss, as the Bulls were now two games out of a play-in spot. Witnesses told police that an unknown male wearing a grey hoodie and blue jeans approached the group and produced a handgun. But they dont walk these streets and have to go back and forth to school like these kids.. Rest In Peace Gakirah Barnes & Everyone Who has lost their live to guns In September 2012, Lil JoJo was shot to death as he rode on the back of a friends bicycle shortly after tweeting his location. He had just turned 17, and a chocolate birthday cake his mother had baked sat in the family kitchen. the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204206923/gakirah-barnes. This browser does not support getting your location. A Tooka associate named Joseph Lil JoJo Coleman recorded a song and video dissing Keef and his fellow Black Disciples. Two days before her death Mario Hess, aka Blood Money a rapper from the rival Black Disciples was gunned down. She adopted the Twitter handle Tyquanassassin in his honor. ISSN 1476-4687 (online) cemeteries found in will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Although numerous street-level reports point to Big A, a member of the Black Disciples as her murderer (who was later gunned down by Gakirahs blood brother, giving further credence to the rumor) the truth of who killed Gakirah Barnes has never been proven, and no one has been prosecuted for the crime. A promising young girl wearing a Holister shirt slowly turns into an assassin street gangster. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Back in 2014, 17-year-old Barnes, who was reportedly a member of the Gangster Disciples, was shot nine times and killed in Chicago. King Von was also killed by gunfire in November 2020 after an altercation with a fellow rapper. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Police state that the investigation, revealed that the victim was killed by Dayvon Bennett, which is King Vons government name. This is life in Chicago.. Gakirah suffered 7 gunshots with the fatal wound being in her neck. View Source Share Save to Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Created by: JKSCA Added: 27 Oct 2019 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 204206923 If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Credit: Jon Lowenstein/NOOR/eyevine. The group memorialized him by dubbing itself the Tooka gang and the surrounding neighborhood Tookaville. Barnes took the Facebook name Tookavillekirah.. Based on police reports and talk in the neighborhood, Gakirah shot and killed 20 year old Odee Perry, the suspected shooter of Shondale Gregory. July 13, 2021 For years, the Chicago Police Department has been investigating the death of 17-year-old Gakirah K.I. Receive 51 print issues and online access, Get just this article for as long as you need it, Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-06169-8. In Memoriam: This montage of photos of Gakirah 'Lil Snoop' Barnes has been circulated on Twitter following her shooting death in Chicago's South Side +13 View gallery Scene: The 17-year-old. Please try again later. They go from playing with Barbie dolls to being a shooter for the gang, he said. She bragged about being a shooter, one police source said. There was an error deleting this problem. Powered by Source Digital, Inc & The Northstar Group, Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information, [WATCH] HotBlock Jmoe Delivers New Safe With Me Video Featuring Yung Bleu, Futures Artist Lil Double 0 Faces 15 Years In Prison for Gun And Drug Charges, Conway The Machine And Jae Skeese Release New Single Metallic 5s And Announce Joint Project Pain Provided Profit, Chaka Khan Recalls Telling Mary J. 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Someone parked nine bullets into Gakirah Barnes on Chicago's dystopian south side.In a tragic way, it was a sadly fitting departure from this mortal coil.During her reign as the Windy City's most feared female gangland assassin, Barnes allegedly sent as many as 17 people to the morgue.And when her number came up in 2014, she was just 17 years old and forged by a lifetime packed with abuse and violence.But how does a happy child with straight-A report cards become, as one cop called her, a "devilish, monstrous little girl. She was a promising student, excelling in math and science, but like many impressionable kids, a few peers sucked her into the life of gang violence. Barnes, of the 8000 block of South South Shore Drive, was pronounced dead at 5:43 p.m. at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the Cook County medical examiner's office said. Researchers are using AI to decode the language of Chicago gangs. The Major Incident report from the Chicago Police Department list Gakirah as the shooter. Transported to the hospital Gakirah was pronounced dead just a few hours later. The document reportedly states: "An unknown M/1 wearing a Grey Hoodie and Blue jeans approached the victims. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. On April 11, 2014, a rival gang member gunned 17-year-old Gakirah Barnes down, who we now know was the rapper called King Von. Tyquan Tyler was caught in crossfire between two warring gangs. His debut album, Finally Rich, included the song with the lyrics dissing the murdered Tooka. Online postings would later name Barnes as the hitta. The police did not name her as a suspect in the killing of this father of five. The unknown offender then produced a handgun and began firing in the direction of the victims, striking all three. Brown acknowledged her daughter was charged with firing a gun when she was 14. He had survived a shooting a year before, but this time his luck ran out. The. Online postings would later report that Barnes had been the hitta, though the police would never name her a suspect. A volley of bullets struck her in the chest, jaw and neck. Were it not for all the real-life murdas, the whole video could have been just theatrics, fantasy stuff like those made by a host of poseur rappers from New York and Los Angeles and elsewhere who sought stardom by pretending to be from the street. the young killa. After being shot 7 times from a 45-caliber handgun, Gakirah Barnes limped over to a set of wooden stairs at 6451 S Eberhart Ave. where she took her final breath. In November 2011, Carlton Tutu Archer of the Tooka gang was shot to death. Human Behav. Mallette stepped out of the car and offered her help. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. She at one point appears holding an automatic pistol, a black bandanna covering the lower half of her face. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. One of the highest-profile cases of female gang assassins was in 1992 when three women lured two male rival gang members into Humboldt Park and fatally shot them in the head one in a restroom and one outside. I guess she felt, I cant be the good girl my mom wants me to be I have to be a badass, Brown said. Barnes is buried near her father, who was taken from her on her very first Easter. The commercial interest in real street stuff encouraged all the talk of murda and the gun waving, fostering an illusion that the bloodshed was more than senseless, the stuff of stardom. No one is in custody in her murder. Bennett (King Von), who has developed a reputation in Chicago as the soft spoken assassin, was shot and killed outside of a nightclub in Atlanta in the fall of 2020 following a dispute with rival rapper Quando Rondo. Her hook was bragging about the blood-drenched lifestyle she appeared to thrive in.According to a new Investigation Discovery documentary, Barnes had been a math protegee and even attended a specially-designated math and science school.Barnes, though, would never take the step up the ladder and away from her dismal surroundings.She grew up in an area that was Gangster Disciples territory. Gakirah is believed to have "cried and cried" to sleep that night and her embroilment in the gang culture grew and grew therefafter. In the gunfight that followed, three people were killed and four others were injured, with one of the wounded placed into police custody for the murder of King Von. She did become a victim of the streets, but she dished out a lot of things, he said. A ambulance responded, but she was beyond saving when she reached the hospital. Coronavirus variant XBB.1.5 rises in the United States is it a global threat? Something went wrong, please try again later. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Police killed slutty and shot Loui in the head. I Got n-z Tryna Off me Put Me n a Coffin, she said on Twitter. Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. She noted that much of the blustering on Twitter and Instagram and Facebook was just kids trying to impress each other and themselves, making myth out of madness. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? Perry's killing sparked a series of retaliatory shootings including the 2014 murder of Gakirah Barnes, who police say was a female gang assassin for a Gangster Disciples faction in the neighborhood. King Von named the killer of one of Chicagos most infamous teenage gangsters, Gakirah Barnes, according to newly released documents. Gangster Disciples renaming their territory "Tookaville" and the Black Disciples called theirs "O Block" in their fallen members' honour. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. One theory is that Barnes then 14 was Perrys killer, police say. "For females, if you want to keep that kind of respect, she was never going to stop. He was pronounced dead at 3:26 a.m. Friday's second fatal shooting occurred on the porch of a frame home in the 6800 block of South Crandon Avenue. He returned for a visit in June 2012 and was killed by a stray bullet when two grown gang members fired into a crowd of youngsters who were leaving a party. In the weeks leading up to her death, she was also known as Lil Snoop, for the female shooter in the TV crime drama, The Wire, her mother acknowledged. Gakirah Barnes, 17, was shot to death about 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 11, in the 6400 block of South Eberhart Avenue. Two young men were wounded, but investigators are certain Barnes was the target. Barnes bravado was on display on Twitter, where she often blasted her enemies. "If you are a teenager in a gang in Chicago and you kill somebody, your status rockets. Those who knew Barnes more than three years ago when she was a student at Perspectives/IIT Math and Science Academy said her murder and the talk that she was a gang shooter shocked them. The girl was in the wrong place on the border of enemy Black Disciples territory and risked getting killed. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. She was called Lil Snoop by one friend, after the fictional female assassin in the TV show The Wire. Barnes. A system error has occurred. Before leaving to join Team Israel, Cubs prospect Matt Mervis shared why this WBC means so much to him. No matter how they were lost, she said. Young, S. D., Zheng, K., Chu, L. F. & Humphreys, K. Drug Alcohol Depend. They spotted Barnes in an alley off 63rd Street near King Drive. She collapsed with multiple bullet wounds at the base of some wooden steps. Combat veteran operated, Secret Life of a Gang Girl: The Untold Story. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Before King Von shot her to death, Gakirah killed 17 rival gang members. As Barnes entered her teens, she fell in with a group of young men from her immediate area in Woodlawn on the South Side who called themselves variously the St. Lawrence Boys and the Fly Boy Gang. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. Patton, D. U., Eschmann, R. D. & Butler, D. A. Comput. Barnes, who kept a stack of newspaper stories about her friends slain in street violence, was a suspect in three to five shootings, including at least one murder. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). Rumours surrounding the killer of 17-year-old Gakirah "K.I." Barnes in 2014 have seemingly been put to bed with the release of unsealed police documents. She died from a fatal gunshot wound to the neck. Less than two months later, she was dead. It is uncommon for a female to be featured in a 'drill rap' video, but Gakirah was front and center. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. It was in retaliation for his murder that Gakirah is rumored to have committed her first homicide by gunfire (the death toll at the hands of Gakirah is widely debated, ranging in numbers from one to twenty). At the time, the police report showed that King Von, whose real name is Dayvon Bennett, was arrested as a suspect on July 22, 2014, and was charged on July 23, 2014. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. By 17 she was dead.Cops say the sickening image was incendiary for gang bangers.And suspected triggerman Odee Perry, 20, was clipped later that year.According to detectives, they believe it was a 13-year-old Barnes who took Perry off the board. I dont know. About two hours before she was fatally shot on a porch in the 6400 block of South Eberhart Avenue, Barnes was leaving home to meet up with friends at a barbecue, her mother said. Failed to remove flower. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. On the street, Gakirah Barnes was called KI, an abbreviation of her first name. Gakirah posted to her Twitter account that she would never be the same following his death, stating he left her with no heart no feelings. Bookmark. The teen was a native of the city and had a reputation as. The following afternoon, April 11, a hooded gunman approached Barnes on Eberhart Street, just two and a half blocks from where Odee Perry was killed in 2011. An unknown M/1 wearing a Grey Hoodie and Blue jeans approached the victims. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. And as K.I., she became a kind of mythic figure in social media, a diminutive gap-toothed girl gunsel who was nobodys bitch. Internet Explorer). "We need to come together as a community and just unite to get our children and our streets back.". Girls like Barnes have become more deeply involved in gangs over the past decade and more willing to participate in violence, but usually with their fists and feet. Next theyll look for opportunities to intervene before online aggression turns deadly. The murder and the after action of the rival gang made a lasting impact on Gakirah Barnes. Tribune reporters Jeremy Gorner and Carlos Sadovi contributed. In the meantime, the rap rivalry escalated. Typically, kids that live that kind of life, they are very confrontational. Her mother, Shontell Brown, allows that Barnes was not an angel but describes her as a beautiful and very loved girl who would sit with her mom as they played music on their iPhones and joked and laughed. According to police reports, she was shot nine times by a hooded figure while hanging out. The video thus had another message: Give us a recording contract like you gave Chief Keef. Shontell Brown, mother of the 17-year-old girl killed Friday, called the situation on the city's streets "an ongoing war," saying that her daughter Gakirah Barnes was not the first teen from the South Chicago neighborhood to die violently. TAUGHT A COUPLE YOUNG NI**AS HOW TO SHOOT SOME OLD GUNS B4 MY TIME WAS UP, BITCH IMMA STILL TURN UP IMMA HAVE U NI**AS WIT NIGHTMARESBOSS KIRAH LIVES TOOKAVILLE.. Failed to delete memorial. But that was the end of it. Write by: . Known in the windy city as self-proclaimed 'hitta', Gakirah Barnes claimed national fame posthumously when she became the subject of Investigation Discovery's documentary "Secret Life of a Gang Girl." Gakirah was born in January 1997 on the south side of Chicago, an area plagued with gangs and gang-related violence since the 1960s. I think that when she was in the street, she became another person, she said. Health 46, 600602 (2010). A lot of ni**as be rappin, but we the ones tote guns, the Fly Boy Gang video says immediately after the reference to K.I. Resend Activation Email. Ive heard rumors and gossip come to me. She was also a shooter who allegedly killed 17 before they killed her. Patton, D. U., Rambow, O., Auerbach, J., Li, K. & Frey, W. NPJ Digit. Google Scholar. This early loss also may have contributed to her strong impulse to keep those dear to her safe from harm. Her bloodthirsty lifestyle helped Gakirah become one of the most infamous female gang members in American history. Steele retired all six Padres batters he faced, then headed to the bullpen to throw 25 more pitches. The actor suffered a brain aneurysm Feb. 18 at his Los Angeles home and died in his sleep Friday at a hospital in Burbank, California, his manager said. The 17-year-old died in a hospital bed two hours later. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. When one of her closest friends, Shondale "Tooka" Gregory, was shot and killed by members of a rival gang in 2011, Gakirah vowed for revenge. A teenage girl who became one of the most notorious gangsters in her city was herself gunned down in a gruesome attack. "While the city continues to see reductions in crime and violence, there's obviously much more to be done, and we continue to be challenged by lax state and federal gun laws," Collins said, reiterating a position that police Superintendent Garry McCarthy has expressed when discussing the department's crime-fighting efforts. Barnes grieved as if Tyquan had been her little brother. But the hardened gangster was hit hard after witnessing a family friend get shot dead on a city street at just 13. Holmes said he saw a photo of Barnes wearing a shirt with the letters CPK, meaning Chicago Police Killer. The two of them now join together to ask if it is ever going to end. The Black Disciples were gunning for Gakirah and she knew it, posting to her Twitter feed in the days leading up to her death tweets foretelling her demise. She just wanted to protect everybody, her mother says. Barnes was a member of the Gangster Disciples before she was fatally shot nine times in Chicago. In her first month, she was suspended for being disrespectful, Assistant Principal Tiffany Harston said. Weve updated the security on the site. She was a young girl that had dreams of being something and getting herself and family away from this life., The mother adds, She didnt bother anyoneUnless they bothered her. That same day, a rapper named Lil Jay with the Fly Boy Gang taunted Blood Moneys friends by posting a video of himself drinking a red-hued beverage from a Styrofoam cup. And there was no letting up. The investigation revealed that the victim was killed by Dayvon BENNETT.. And as K.I., she became a kind of mythic figure in social media, a diminutive. Her death in April did nothing to quell the talk about her, as the Internet buzzed about Barnes alleged involvement in gun violence. New Jersey-based writer. It is believed that Gakirah Barnes was tasked with retaliating for the murder of Tooka by killing a member of the Black Disciples, Odee Perry. I wanted everyone to know my 17-year-old daughter first off before they start judging, she later said. Police said Sunday night that a 17-year boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the killing around 1 a.m. that day, noting it stemmed from an argument during which the suspect retrieved a handgun from his residence and shot Martinez several times. Barnes. But Brown said she doesnt think she lost control of her daughter. While outlets are saying. so cpd let police kno to move cautious around oblock. Cops say the sickening image was incendiary for gang bangers. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Learn more about managing a memorial . He was listed with rival gang affiliation to Black Disciples O Block. A post shared by TyquanAssassin | Kirah (@ki_stl063). Nature (Nature) I Dne seen 2 many of my ni**az n a casketIn da end we DIE, she tweeted on April 10. For years, the Chicago Police Department has been investigating the death of 17-year-old Gakirah K.I. But that was the end of it. Gakirah Barnes, 17, was shot to death about 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 11, in the 6400 block of South Eberhart Avenue. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. Chicago police have confirmed that late rapper King Von was responsible for the murder of 17-year-old teen, Gakirah Barnes. Thanks to his contract with Interscope, Chief Keef had moved to the safety of a suburban McMansion, posting Instagrams of himself posing with guns in a marble bathroom. The mother said she would be adding Barness obituary to a stack of them her daughter had collected of her friends during her too brief life not two dozen blocks from President Obamas home in the city some now call Chiraq. Her life now in jeopardy to the retaliation style killings that she had perpetrated, on April 11, 2014, the villain became the victim. (@saycheesetv). Gakirah Barnes, also known as "K.I.," was said to be the go-to gunman in the Gangster Disciples. Later that year, Odee Perry was shot and killed, possibly in retaliation for Gregorys murder. Com - YouTube 0:00 / 0:07 Sign in to confirm your age This video may be inappropriate for some users. Her death remains unsolved. For a female, Gakirah was a bad mother, shut your mouth. Barnes became enraged at the "cyber-banging." She flaunted her gangster lifestyle online. Year should not be greater than current year. There was a problem getting your location. One and only Instagram account is @Brittle.xo. She doesnt know if the video was bravado, or something more. In the middle of the day on 11 April 2014, a hooded gunman ambushed Gakirah Barnes on the streets of Chicago's South Side. Gakirah was born in January 1997 on the south side of Chicago, an area plagued with gangs and gang-related violence since the 1960s. Barnes's murder made international news, in part, because of her dual roles as victim and victimizer. When he led one of the women out of a police station, she flashed gang signs for the TV news cameras. Advancing the culture and building bridges. Get in touch with us at webcelebs@trinitymirror.com or call us direct 0207 29 33033. Barness father was shot to death on Easter Sunday in 1997, when she was not yet 1. Within hours of the news breaking, her death was being mocked by rival gang members online. On January 12th, 2011, a close friend of Gakirah, 15-year-old Shondale Gregory, known as "Tooka", was shot and killed while at a bus stop at 63rd and St. Lawrence by a member of the Black Disciples. When Barnes returned for her freshman year, her attendance became spotty. She acted with such swagger that she was sometimes mistaken for a boy, police said. gakirah barnes death photos. February 27, 2023 new bill passed in nj for inmates 2022 No Comments . The tragic case is explored in Secret Life of a Gang Girl, a new documentary on Crime and Investigation. "But with every tit-for-tat murder over turf, respect or some other ridiculous reason, Barnes became more violent.Her friends were being shot to death on the streets of the south side.
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