Worcester Man Indicted In North Falmouth Murder Case: DA

FALMOUTH, MA — Tyler Gibbs, the man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend in Falmouth before initiating an hours-long armed standoff with police in May, was indicted on murder charges by a Barnstable County grand jury.

Gibbs, 23, was previously charged with the murder of Kianna Barrows, 21, on May 10 of this year.

He was indicted on charges including murder, assault and battery with a firearm, carrying a firearm without a license, receiving stolen property under $1200, assault with a dangerous weapon and aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Court documents show that a woman called 911 just before 4 p.m. saying her niece had been shot at 49 Old Mill Road. Once officers arrived at the scene, they say they found a woman with a gunshot wound to the head in a bedroom upstairs, and a man was outside the home with a gun, Cape and Island District Attorney Michael O'Keefe confirmed.

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O'Keefe later identified the woman as Barrows. According to O'Keefe, Barrows lived inside the home, but Gibbs did not. Court documents also indicate that Gibbs is Barrows' ex-boyfriend.

After almost three hours, SWAT team negotiators and officers were able to intervene with Gibbs, who police say put a gun on the ground and walked towards law enforcement with his hands up. Police were able to arrest him without incident.

Barrows was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy has since been performed, which determined that Barrows' cause of death was gunshot wounds to the head.

Gibbs remains held without bail.