On March 6, 2022, 27-year-old Richard Kelsay was shot and killed outside his home on Sidney Road in Green Township, Cincinnati, Ohio. The shooting happened about 4:15 a.m., and Kelsay was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police later linked the killing to 23-year-old Marc Henderson, who was arrested after officers responded about an hour later to a Hillside Avenue address for a possible overdose. Henderson was charged with murder. Investigators say Henderson had bought drugs from Kelsay earlier that evening, returned to the home to buy more, then allegedly produced an AR-15 style rifle and shot Kelsay multiple times. Henderson is also accused of shooting 47-year-old David Francy after driving to Northside to meet him; officers found Henderson at the Hillside Avenue residence wearing a bullet-proof vest with ammunition visible.

Kelsay’s family remember him as kind-hearted and devoted to his children and animals. The investigation into these shootings is ongoing. If anyone has information about what happened that night, please come forward.