The end of his life was tragically stained with violence. On April 9, 2016, Simms, 70, was fatally shot in broad daylight outside his home in the Georgia capital. The homicide was doubly shocking ...

UPDATE: A teenager wanted in connection with community leader Barney Simms' April 9 shooting death has been arrested, Atlanta police said. Eric Banks, 17, was arrested Thursday afternoon in the 1800 ...

A well-known community member and leader was shot and killed in his southwest Atlanta front yard Saturday afternoon, police said. Barney Simms, the 70-year-old president of his neighborhood ...

As police look into Barney Simms' life and investigate his death, they come to find out that he may have been the victim of a targeted attack.