Avante Beatty was 18 when he was shot and killed on September 27, 2021, in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati. He was found with gunshot wounds on Lexington Avenue around 4:30 p.m. and was later pronounced dead at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Cincinnati police responded to the scene.

Investigators charged two 16-year-olds in connection with Beatty’s death; one of those teens was already incarcerated on an unrelated charge at the time of arrest. In March 2022 a 16-year-old was formally charged with murder. In February 2024 a teen identified as Michael Madaris, who was 15 at the time of the shooting, pleaded guilty to a role in Beatty’s murder and two other killings and received a 20-year sentence. Family and community members held a memorial and described shock and grief, and the killing prompted renewed attention to youth violence and calls for more community intervention.

Does anyone who knew Avante or who was in Avondale that afternoon have information that could shed more light on what happened?