Area Barnett shooting: Friend refuses to let Atlanta bus stop murder case turn cold
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Area Barnett, was shot and killed after a fight at a bus stop in Atlanta. Four months later, and that remains the only information investigators have released about her death. Friends are demanding answers. Her best friend shares her story. **ATLANTA** - Four months after a 25-year-old woman was shot and killed at a bus stop in West Atlanta, her close friends are demanding answers to her killing.
"That was my dawg, my sister, one of my closest friends," said Saphirre Brown. She says she used to talk on the phone with 25-year-old Area Barnett multiple times a day. "That was our relationship: call in the morning, call in the afternoon, play a game together, just get on the phone," Brown said. Atlanta police investigators say Barnett was killed at the bus stop near Harwell Road and Collier Drive near Interstate 285 in May. Investigators believe she was shot and killed by someone she had a fight with there.
Her body was discovered by a film crew. Four months later, the Atlanta Police Department has not identified any suspects, much less made any arrests. When FOX 5 reached out to APD about the case, they provided no new information.