Rodney Sean Harris Jr., a 19-year-old from Cincinnati, Ohio, was fatally shot on December 28, 2022. The shooting happened about 5:07 p.m. in the parking lot behind Raising Cane’s on Colerain Avenue in Colerain Township. An officer who was responding to a separate nearby incident heard gunshots and called for backup; Harris was found on the ground and taken to the University of Cincinnati Hospital Medical Center, where he died.

Colerain Township police described the shooting as targeted rather than random and are treating it as a homicide. No suspects have been publicly identified and the investigation remains ongoing. Harris is mourned by his father, Rodney Sean Harris Sr., his sisters Adriana, Alivia and Amari Harris, and a large extended family; his funeral was held January 7, 2023, with interment at Vine Street Hill Cemetery.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Colerain Township Police Department.