29-year-old Darwin Hill was killed in a double shooting while cutting hair over the weekend in Southeast Memphis.
His family and friends say he was getting ready to leave a house call when someone fired into the house and took his life.Leaves behind a fiance, daughter newborn son
A bright light shines above the chair where Darwin Hill lived out of dreams of being an all-star barber. The 29-year-old’s life was cut short around 1:30 a.m. Saturday while doing what he loved — cutting hair.
Memphis Police said he was killed in a double shooting when someone fired into this home in Southeast Memphis. Detectives say a woman was also critically wounded.
Hill’s death has left his fiancée Dariana Anderson in a world of hurt. A family and community are grieving after a barber was fatally shot while cutting hair on a house call in Southeast Memphis.
A bright light shines above the chair where Darwin Hill lived out of dreams of being an all-star barber. The 29-year-old’s life was cut short around 1:30 a.m. Saturday while doing what he loved — cutting hair.
Memphis Police said he was killed in a double shooting when someone fired into this home in Southeast Memphis. Detectives say a woman was also critically wounded.
Hill’s death has left his fiancée Dariana Anderson in a world of hurt. His mother remembers him as “an exceptional young man.” He was “the best daddy and boyfriend,” another family member posted. “This tragic incident has crush[ed] us all completely.” The Memphis Police Department did not immediately return McClatchy News’ request for comment.
Hill and his fiancée, Dariana Anderson, welcomed their son on Dec. 12, 2022, according to social media posts. “I feel so incomplete without you…you gave me everything I wanted and never knew I needed,” Anderson wrote in a Facebook post. “You were absolutely amazing and perfect for me.”
Hill worked at Penny Hardaway presents Christyles Celebrity Salon. Owner Christopher Rhodes says Hill had attended a daddy-daughter dance earlier that day.
“He was so excited he was there with his daughter he showed us pictures of them, and she was dressed, he was dressed up, and later on that night he lost his life,” Rhodes told us.
His fiancée said if he wasn’t at home, he was at the shop. To Rhodes, what hurts the most is that Hill was simply an innocent bystander doing his job when shots rang out.
“It’s hard on me because I believed in him from the beginning and it’s taking away a precious life. A person that would be so impactful to the new generation,” he said.
She said the two had just started planning their wedding.
“He’s the go-to. he’s my go-to. He’s my soulmate,” Anderson said. “It just feels like my future got erased like it got moved or snatched or something.”
Hill was the father of an 8-year-old girl and the two had just welcomed a son, their first child together, just days after his birthday in December.
No comments:
Post a Comment