Ryan Casey was a 27-year-old Black father from Cincinnati remembered by family for his unforgettable smile. On the morning of September 3, 2021, at about 9:15 a.m., Cincinnati police responded to an apartment in the 3600 block of Northdale Place in the Kennedy Heights neighborhood and found Casey suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators with the Cincinnati Police Department’s Homicide Unit described the shooting as a targeted attack rather than a random act. Multiple people who were inside the apartment that morning were interviewed. In July 2022 a Hamilton County grand jury indicted two men, Corey Ringer and Kameron Scott, on murder charges; both were also charged with having weapons while under disability. The indictment noted that Scott had been a childhood friend and next-door neighbor of Casey in Kennedy Heights.

Court proceedings have seen repeated delays and judicial changes that the family says have prolonged their search for answers. Does anyone who knew Ryan or who was in Kennedy Heights around September 2021 have information that could help investigators?