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At 9:42am on March 9, a hotel staff member heard a gunshot.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Emerson |first=Anne |date=2024-03-13 |title=Mystery lingers around Boeing whistleblower's death at Charleston hotel |url=https://abcnews4.com/news/crime-news/mystery-lingers-around-boeing-whistleblower-death-at-charleston-hotel-charleston-county-john-barnett-boeing-news-lawsuit-abc-news-4-wciv-2024 |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=WCIV |language=en}}</ref> At 10am, Barnett's attorney called the hotel asking for a wellness check.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Lute |first=Marissa |date=2024-03-28 |title=New recording details 911 caller's discovery of Boeing Whistleblower's body |url=https://www.live5news.com/2024/03/28/new-recording-details-911-callers-discovery-boeing-whistleblowers-body/ |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=live5news.com |language=en}}</ref> He was found dead shortly afterward in the hotel parking lot in his truck, with a single gunshot wound to the head.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2024-04-05 |title=Whistleblowers, an executive shakeup, and the future of Boeing |url=https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/05/whistleblowers-boeing-john-barnett-airline-safety |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref> He had a pistol in his hand, with his finger still on the trigger, and a note in the passenger seat.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Wise |first=Jeff |date=2024-04-02 |title=The Boeing Nosedive |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/boeing-planes-problems-stock-price-shareholders.html |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=Intelligencer |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":522" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ewe |first=Koh |date=March 12, 2024 |title=Boeing Whistleblower John Barnett Found Dead Amid Depositions Against Plane Company |url=https://time.com/6900123/boeing-whistleblower-john-barnett-found-dead-deposition-safety/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312142543/https://time.com/6900123/boeing-whistleblower-john-barnett-found-dead-deposition-safety/ |archive-date=March 12, 2024 |access-date=March 12, 2024 |work=Time Magazine}}</ref> The Charleston County coroner's office characterized his death as self-inflicted.<ref name=":522" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Whistleblower who raised safety concerns at Boeing found dead |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/boeing-whistleblower-found-dead-midst-retaliation-case-attorney/story?id=108042119 |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Boeing whistleblower found dead of a 'self-inflicted wound' |url=https://www.kake.com/story/50559837/boeing-whistleblower-found-dead-of-a-selfinflicted-wound |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=www.kake.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 12, 2024 |title=Boeing whistleblower found dead of apparent suicide |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/boeing-whistleblower-found-dead-apparent-suicide-2024-03-12 |access-date=April 8, 2024 |work=Reuters}}</ref> His death was announced on March 11.<ref name=":222" /><ref name=":522" />
A [[conspiracy theory]]<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":99">{{Cite web |date=2024-03-13 |title=Conspiracy Theories Take Hold After Boeing Whistleblower's Suicide |url=https://www.insideedition.com/john-barnett-boeing-whistleblower-suicide-conspiracy-theory |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=Inside Edition |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Izzo |first=Jack |date=2024-03-12 |title=Boeing Whistleblower Found Dead in His Car with 'Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound'? |url=https://www.snopes.com//news/2024/03/12/boeing-whistleblower-found-dead/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Snopes |language=en}}</ref> that Boeing had assassinated Barnett spread widely after a woman who identified herself as a friend of Barnett's said that Barnett told her, "If anything happens to me, it's not suicide." She claimed that "they made [his death] look like a suicide."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Emerson |first=Anne |date=March 14, 2024 |title='If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower's prediction before death |url=https://abcnews4.com/news/local/if-anything-happens-its-not-suicide-boeing-whistleblowers-prediction-before-death-south-carolina-abc-news-4-2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315134522/https://abcnews4.com/news/local/if-anything-happens-its-not-suicide-boeing-whistleblowers-prediction-before-death-south-carolina-abc-news-4-2024 |archive-date=March 15, 2024 |access-date=March 15, 2024 |work=[[WCIV]]}}</ref> Boeing released a statement saying "We are saddened by Mr. Barnett's death, and our thoughts are with his friends and family."<ref name=":522" /> Knowles and Turkewitz told [[CBS News]] that "Barnett was in very good spirits and really looking forward to putting this phase of his life behind him and moving on. We didn't see any indication he would take his own life. No one can believe it." Turkewitz called for a police investigation into his death, but later told [[Fox News]] that he did not believe Boeing had orchestrated his death.<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-27 |title=Dead whistleblower's lawyer speaks out: 'I don't think Boeing is behind his death' {{!}} Fox News Video |url=https://www.foxnews.com/video/6349779483112 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> Barnett's family said that "he was looking forward to having his day in court and hoped that it would force Boeing to change its culture," and that "he was suffering from [[PTSD]] and [[anxiety attacks]] as a result of being subjected to the [[hostile work environment]] at Boeing which we believe led to his death".<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Blackstock |first=Elizabeth |date=March 15, 2024 |title='If anything happens to me, it's not suicide,' friend of dead Boeing whistleblower says he told her |url=https://qz.com/dead-boeing-whistleblower-john-barnett-suicide-friend-1851339005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315162633/https://qz.com/dead-boeing-whistleblower-john-barnett-suicide-friend-1851339005 |archive-date=March 15, 2024 |access-date=March 15, 2024 |work=Quartz}}</ref>
{{as of|2024|03|12|alt=As of March 12}}, the Charleston Police Department was investigating his death and the lawsuit was pending continuation under Barnett's estate.<ref name=":222" /><ref name=":23" /> His attorneys stated that the case would still go to trial in June.<ref name=":0" />
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At the time of his death, he resided in [[Pineville, Louisiana]],<ref name=":422" /> where he had moved to take care of his mother.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" />
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