Mallette stepped out of the car and offered her help. In her first month, she was suspended for being disrespectful, Assistant Principal Tiffany Harston said. At the age of 14, Gakirah became a legend of gangland folklore. 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.. Earlier, Gakirah Barnes, 17, was shot in the upper body about 3:30 p.m. in. Gakirah Barnes' eighth-grade graduation photo. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. I cant say if she killed somebody or not, Brown said. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Barnes dedicated herself to avenging Tyler and began calling herself Tyquanassassin on Twitter, police said. Because I couldnt protect her, the mother said. 13-year-old Tyquan Tyler, who was shot to death in June 2012, 17-year boy has been charged with first-degree murder. Gakirah Barnes Death Video Rare Footage 2014 Tommy Parky . The documents share that King Von was a member of the Black Disciples and witnesses reported seeing the late rapper hoodied up before allegedly killing Barnes. Human Behav. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Article View Source Share Save to Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Created by: JKSCA Added: 27 Oct 2019 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 204206923 Barnes, who was shot nine times when she was killed in 2014. 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. DA Police Id kill u Faster Dan n-z on Da Corner, she wrote on Twitter. ISSN 0028-0836 (print). District Cmdr. "If you are a teenager in a gang in Chicago and you kill somebody, your status rockets. On April 9, Keefs 30-year-old cousin and sometime music collaborator, Mario Blood Money Hess, was shot and killed. Barnes's murder made international news, in part, because of her dual roles as victim and victimizer. Andrew Holmes, a community activist and founder of Stop Killing Our Youth, said hed heard about Barnes for years. This browser does not support getting your location. Gakirah suffered 7 gunshots with the fatal wound being in her neck. On the day she was killed, a tweet from her @TyquanAssassin account gave the address of an apartment on St. Lawrence Avenue where she and her fellow gang members hung out. She was a female who held a prominent position in the gang. It also states in the document that there was not enough evidence to charge Von with the killings, so they were not filed in the end. In the documents, it reportedly shows that witnesses have named rapper King Von, who was thought to be a member of the Black Disciples, as the alleged shooter. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. And as K.I., she became a kind of mythic figure in social media, a diminutive. Gakirah was not that child, she said. The mother pauses, then adds, With her lil self.. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Failed to report flower. His debut album, Finally Rich, included the song with the lyrics dissing the murdered Tooka. There is a problem with your email/password. On the street, Gakirah Barnes was called KI, an abbreviation of her first name. She was never even named a suspect in a shooting. Close friend of Gakirah, 15-year-old Shondale Gregory "Tooka", taunted by rival gang members on social media. "For females, if you want to keep that kind of respect, she was never going to stop. Smokin Tutu wit my Youngins.. King Von Killed Notorious Teenage Gangster Gakirah Barnes Says Police 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. Last Breath Barnes died how she lived.. by the gun. Transported to the hospital Gakirah was pronounced dead just a few hours later. Tooka's death was an important piece in the story's timeline, because the Black Disciples took to social media to taunt his murder. 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). I have talked to my daughter and asked her. When math class frustrated her, shed leave, but only to look for help. 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. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. On a cold day in February, the police made an effort at saving Barnes from the violence of the streets. In 2014, Barnes was walking to a friend's house when a hooded man walked up to her and shot her nine times. On Christmas Day 2012, 18-year-old Joshua Jay Loud Davis was gunned down, apparently because he was wearing a Lil JoJo hooded sweatshirt. My young ni**as theyre gonna murder he rapped. Gakirah Barnes 'Gangsta Gurl' Killed 17 & Became a Street Legend When he led one of the women out of a police station, she flashed gang signs for the TV news cameras. Cuz she do wat Yu bitch ni**as scared too do ! a senior member of her Fly Boy Gang tweeted before her death. Before her death in 2014, Barnes allegedly shot or killed 17 people by the time she was 17-years-old, although she was never charged. No one is in custody in her murder. I was not there. Barnes's kill count is unknown, but many believe she was responsible for 17 murders. Gakirah "Ki" Barnes (1997-2014) - Find a Grave Memorial The investigation revealed that the victim was killed by Dayvon BENNETT.. Fowler, K. A., Dahlberg, L. L., Haileyesus, T., Gutierrez, C. & Bacon, S. Pediatrics 140, e20163486 (2017). so cpd let police kno to move cautious around oblock. In the middle of the day on 11 April 2014, a hooded gunman ambushed Gakirah Barnes on the streets of Chicagos South Side. Chicago police have confirmed that late rapper King Von was responsible for the murder of 17-year-old teen, Gakirah Barnes. One member even showed up at Tooka's wake to permanently disgrace the teenager and his family on Facebook Live. Rod McCullom is a science journalist in Chicago, Illinois. 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. The document reportedly states: "An unknown M/1 wearing a Grey Hoodie and Blue jeans approached the victims. When Words on Twitter Trigger Real-World Violence | Magazine Drag images here or select from your computer for Gakirah Ki Barnes memorial. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? The shooting of Gakirah Barnes was not a random event. In 2013 Gakirah met with the biggest devastation of her young life when family friend Tyquan Tyler fell dead from a gunshot wound to the chest as the unintended target at a party. Everyone wants to be the biggest and the baddest, she said. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Tribune reporters Jeremy Gorner and Carlos Sadovi contributed. A post shared by TyquanAssassin | Kirah (@ki_stl063). But no one was shot, and the case was dismissed when witnesses recanted, she said. At the time of the incident, King Von (real name Dayvon Bennett) was around 20 years old and an alleged member of the Black Disciples-a rival gang. An autopsy done Saturday determined that she died of multiple gunshot wounds and her death was ruled a homicide, the office said. 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. For years, the Chicago Police Department has been investigating the death of 17-year-old Gakirah K.I. She did cite a line from a Biggie Smalls song in a tweet the next day: u Nobody until Somebody kill u dats jst real Shyt., But that could have been a reference her own losses, the most recent of which had come 12 days before, when police shot and killed 19-year-old Raason Lil B Shaw after he allegedly pointed a pistol at them during a foot chase right where the Murda video was made. Barnes was in the eighth grade when she entered the South Side charter school in the fall of 2010. The tweet was accompanied by a picture of Barnes and her friends posing on the steps of a home. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. 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