Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Khalil Keari Barnett, 29, was arrested last night after allegedly battering a woman and then discarding a loaded firearm and drugs while fleeing from deputies.
An Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy reported that at about 9:21 p.m. on August 7, the victim’s mother called 911 to report that Barnett was hitting the victim; when the deputy arrived at the residence on SW 17th Place in the Tower Oaks neighborhood, he learned that Barnett had fled…