100+ days later, $15K reward offered for info in deadly shooting of 7-year-old Kyrie Barnes
DALLAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) - It's been three months since a bullet took a 7-year-old Dallas boy's life and no one has been held accountable.
That's why the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering a $15,000 reward for information that leads to a conviction for the murder of Kyrie Barnes.
From his first day of school last year to just enjoying a birthday cake, Kyrie Barnes always wore a smile. It has made the last three months without him all the more painful for his mother.
"It's been hard," said Kyrie Barnes' mother, Danielle Brown. "I cry every night, but my son is in a better place and I know I will see him again."
Brown's 7-year-old son was playing a video game on his phone after his family watched a movie inside their South Dallas apartment on the night July 2nd when Kyrie and his sister thought they heard fireworks. Brown says Kyrie and his sister thought they heard fireworks.
"I remember telling her to get away from the window because I was like I don't know if those are fireworks or gunshots," said Brown.
The 7-year-old was in his bed when he was shot around 9 p.m. on July 2. He was hospitalized in critical condition. A few days later, he succumbed to his injuries.
According to the Dallas Police Department, the gunfire came from outside. No one else inside the apartment in the 8000 block of Rothington Road in Dallas was injured.His mother says she couldn't bare to spend another night inside the apartment with her two other children.
"It's been hard for me to even go back and get my belongings out of the place," said Brown.
101 days after the crime, whoever fired the fatal shot still hasn't been found.
"They should already know what they did was wrong," said Brown. "They should already know that they should come forward."
The $15,000 reward just announced by the ATF could provide the break authorities need to make an arrest.
"It'll make us all sleep better," Brown said. "No one should be paid to deliver justice but whatever works."
Brown says she's been told by investigators that it appears the gunfire was random which could make solving this case even more difficult.