Krystal Marie Barrows

Deadly force

During a drug task force raid on a trailer near Chillicothe, Ohio, police detonated a flash-bang grenade then entered the residence to find Krystal Barrows on a couch with a fatal gunshot wound in the head. The shot came from the rifle of Sgt. Brett McKnight, reportedly unaware his weapon had discharged. McKnight was put on leave. The county police refused to release an incident report, in defiance of rulings from the state supreme court. Barrows had no criminal history and was the mother of three small children.