K.I was murdered Friday, April 11 after she was shot multiple times around 3:30 p.m. in the 6400 block of South Eberhart Avenue, Fox 32 reports. The episode examines the life and death of gang member Gakirah Barnes, who had been a subject of Patton’s research. T he gap between Gakirah Barnes’s front teeth when she smiled, whether she was celebrating on the basketball court or messing around with … Gakirah Barnes, 17, was shot to death about 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 11, in the 6400 block of South Eberhart Avenue. Gakirah, 17, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she died at 5:43 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. After the death of Gakirah’s friend Lil B, Gakirah expressed anger at the Chicago Police Department and a desire to retaliate: at COLUMBIA UNIV on January 26, 2016 nms.sagepub.com Downloaded from Earlier, Gakirah Barnes, 17, was shot in the upper body about 3:30 p.m. in the 6400 block of South Eberhart Avenue in the West Woodlawn community … Her home address was not immediately available. Mostly, 17-year-old Gakirah Barnes was known as “K.I.” in the real life and death world of Chicago gangs. Shontell Brown is currently mourning the loss of her daughter Gakirah Barnes, known to friends as K.I. Gakirah Barnes built up a reputation as one of the most infamous female gang members in US history after amassing thousands of followers on social media Barnes was known as a … Authorities said Gakirah was shot in the upper body. Airing this Thursday, May 23 at 9:00 p.m. on A&E, Secret Life of a Gang Girl: The Untold Story tells the true tale of Chicago’s notorious gang assassin Gakirah Barnes, who effectively wielded social media networks against her enemies. At least 36 people were shot in Chicago, four of them fatally, in as many hours over the weekend, with more than half of the shootings occurring over a … An autopsy is scheduled for later Saturday. Gakirah Barnes is from Chicago aka Chi-Raq she was a member of the gang called Tooka Gang. Seventeen-year-old Gakirah Barnes was fatally shot Friday around 3:30 p.m. in the 6400 block of South Eberhart Avenue in the city's Woodlawn neighborhood, authorities said. Two men were also wounded in the shooting, authorities said. Gakirah Barnes, 17, was nicknamed 'Lil Snoop' in tribute of the merciless fictional assassin in TV series The Wire and referred to in rap videos and by friends as 'Young Killa'.