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Suicides in southeastern Massachusetts jails continues as Kianna Barrows murder suspect dead
Bristol isn’t the only county in Massachusetts with recent issues concerning inmate suicides.
In June of this year, a Barnstable County grand jury returned indictments against 23-year-old Tyler Gibbs of Worcester for Murder; Assault & Battery with a Firearm; Carrying a Firearm without a license; Receiving stolen property under $1200; Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (x2); and Aggravated Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon in connection with the murder of 20-year-old Kianna Barrows of North Falmouth on May 10, 2022.
Falmouth police officers responded to 49 Old Main Road, North Falmouth for a 911 call regarding shots fired. Upon arrival police observed Gibbs with a gun in the driveway. They kept him in view outside of the house and then entered the house to look for a victim. They found Kianna Barrows in an upstairs bedroom with apparent gunshot wounds.
After a lengthy negotiation involving Falmouth Police, Massachusetts Police and the SWAT team, Gibbs surrendered, police secured the firearm and Gibbs was taken into custody.
An autopsy was performed at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and it was determined that Barrows’ cause of death was gunshot wounds to the head.
According to the Cape Cod Times, Gibbs committed suicide on August 19th while in the Barnstable County Correctional Facility, leading to his charges being dropped.
Two others also died recently while in the jail, according to the Times. 40-year-old Robert Davis Jr, who was being held for a court date for a violation of an abuse prevention order, committed suicide on August 18th. 30-year-old David J. Allain who was incarcerated on drug and other charges, died in the facility in June. His cause of death is still being investigated.
Jackie Steele
October 10, 2022 at 10:25 am
And?
Ryan Wallace
October 27, 2022 at 7:28 pm
And?? And is a pretty ignorant question to ask. Of course your talking about the criminal. And saying his life was worthless. Problem is his family didn’t murder anyone and they didn’t deserve to have to bury there son because a jail didn’t do it’s job. As my parents shouldn’t have had to bury my brother because he was an addict who wanted to get brought to court on the day Barnstable scheduled and instead was ignored despite mental health issues directly connected with being abused in bridgewater and left to jump off the top tier and kill himself after cutting his wrists and screaming for attention for 10-11 hours/
Ryan Wallace
October 27, 2022 at 7:23 pm
And…. Just because the kid was charged with murder doesn’t mean he should be able to lull himself in an institution YOU pay for with taxes to keep these people safe for there FAMILIES who didn’t commit a crime. Like my brother SEAN WALLACE who has been failed to be mentioned in any of these articles who was a non violent drug addict who was ignored while telling staff he was going to kill himself if he didn’t get brought to court like they were supposed to do that day. He was kicking methadone and I’m a very unstable mindstate, was cutting his wrists in the cell. And ignored. So when they opened the doors for dinner he jumped off the top tier and died. That’s the AND your looking for. He wasn’t looking at life in prison. He had a bed at a program being held for him and only wanted to be brought to the court date Barnstable county provided for him this jail obviously has a problem dealing with mental health like so many others. That’s the AND of this story.