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Ex-Rangers pitcher Barfield killed in shooting
- Updated: December 27, 2016
ARLINGTON — John Barfield, a left-handed pitcher who spent three seasons with the Rangers from 1989-91, was shot and killed on Christmas Eve in Little Rock, Ark.
According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Barfield, 52, died after allegedly being shot by an acquaintance named William Goodman at his home in downtown Little Rock. Goodman has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
Goodman reportedly went to Barfield’s house on Christmas Eve and the two got into an argument. Goodman allegedly then fired a handgun at Barfield, who later died at the hospital.
The news stunned family, friends and people who knew Barfield, who was the Rangers’ 11th-round pick in the ’86 …
