A sad story to report this morning. Donald Barnes Jr., a video game artist who has worked for EA Sports and Activision, was stabbed to death late last week in Oak Park, California. Barnes tried to intervene in an argument between a man and a woman and was stabbed by the man. He died later that evening.
Friends and family describe Barnes as a good old fashioned man that believed in civility and chivalry. His last courageous act on this earth proves that fact.
Barnes has worked in the video game industry as a character modeler since 1996. In the past, he worked for EA's Tiburon Studios, Activision's Luxoflux and Broodworks, Inc. He joined Broodworks in April.
Police have arrested 23-year-old suspect Bikram Singh Otal in the murder.
A more in-depth accounting of the crime can be found in the [URL=http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/jan/27/sheriffs-department-investigating-homicides-at]Ventura County Star[/URL]. [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2011/01/31/video-game-artist-donald-barnes-jr-murdered-during-altercation][B][COLOR=#8e0505]Read More[/COLOR][/B][/URL]
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