On December 10, 2021, 38-year-old Fentahun G. Mengistu, a Black man from Columbus, Ohio, was shot and later died at OSU Hospital. Columbus police were dispatched to the 300 block of East 12th Avenue around 10:40 PM after a report of a shooting; officers saw a blood trail but initially could not find a victim. A short time later the shooting victim arrived at the hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead at 11:19 PM.

Investigators determined Mengistu was shot at from a motor vehicle that fled the scene. The case remains unsolved and is listed in the Homicide Cold Case Unit Archive for December 2021; police are asking the public for any tips that could identify or locate the suspects. Who has information about Mengistu, that night, or any suspicious vehicles in the area?