MS - Marlee Barnhill, 27, Jim & Brooks Harrell, shot dead at Karaoke party, Carroll Co., 1 Mar 2019

[cybervampira]

Mississippi man 'kills his wife and two friends after they try to stop him drink driving' | Daily Mail Online

A Mississippi man was arrested last week after allegedly shooting dead his wife and two friends at her birthday party when they tried to stop him from driving drunk.

Michael Barnhill, 30, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted homicide, authorities revealed.

Family friends Jim and Brooks Harrell had been hosting a karaoke party in Winona for the defendant's wife Marlee Barnhill, on March 1 - but the 27th birthday celebration would end in a bloodbath.

According to Carroll County Sheriffs, Michael had started the night in good spirits, but as the evening went on he became increasingly drunk and belligerent, before a rage descended.

Police say party-goers tried to discourage Michael's drunken antics, causing him to become 'angry and combative'.

Michael is then said to have stormed out the party and asked Marlee to hand over the keys to their truck, which she refused to do.

Incensed, the defendant allegedly went out to the unlocked vehicle and returned to the party clutching a .40 caliber pistol.

He then reportedly approached his wife, aggressively slapped a cigarette from her hand, and shot her in the chest from close range.

Attempting to protect Marlee, party co-host Jim Harrell was also shot by Michael, police say.

Rushing to attend to her husband, a third shot was discharged and struck Brooks.

The other two women at the party ran to protect the Harrells' 10-year-old son, who was asleep upstairs. They locked the child in the closet, barricaded themselves in the bedroom, and dialed 911.

Police arrived to find Marlee and Jim dead at the scene. Brooks was airlifted to hospital but died in transit.

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[Jim_M]

How utterly horrible. And their ten (10) year old son has now lost both his parents. His mom forever. His dad about the same...

RIP to the deceased.

 

[flute4peace]

Good gosh! I hope the deceased will be recognized as the heroes they are - died trying to save the lives of others.

 

[Elisaa444]

Wow. Unbelievable. What the &%@^ ! Senseless.

^jmo/moo/imo/etc^

 

[TeaTime]

The worst birthday party ever. Sweet young girl and her friends are dead because her dumbo husband got himself wound up into a drunken rage.

 

[Wild Rose]

When I ran on the ambulance, I realized that there are two kinds of drunks, happy drunks and mean drunks. If you think that you are a mean drunk, you should never ever drink again. Don't know if that's the case here, but that was a big realization for me after being around drinking people for years. Very sad story here, just having fun and then this.

 

[Wild Rose]

RIP angels

 

[nightowl1975]

What a tragedy. Her family and friends are devastated and his mother... some of her comments on FB are heartbreaking. I cannot imagine if that was my son who murdered three people in a drunken rage. His life is over. I would’ve preferred it if he had committed suicide I think. Now he gets to spend the rest of his life in prison. What a waste.

 

[cybervampira]

Brooks‘ Facebook:
Brooks Hooker Harrell

Jim‘s Facebook:
Jim Harrell

Perp‘s Facebook:
Michael Barnhill

Marlee‘s Facebook:
Marlee Jones Barnhill

Latest video she posted on the day she died:

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[DreamJob]

The Harrells actually have two sons. I read that Barnhill has a child from a previous relationship. I don’t believe Marlee had any children other than the stepchild.