Brandon Jeriel Slate, 30, was found in the front yard of a residence in the 700 block of South Highland Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, on August 21, 2021, suffering multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Grant Medical Center and pronounced deceased at 2:52 p.m. The death was recorded as the city’s 134th homicide for 2021.

The Columbus Police Department has the investigation open and has asked the public for information, including tips to the Columbus Police Homicide Unit or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers. The family continues without closure while the case stays active in cold case files.

If anyone has information about what happened to Brandon or saw anything in the 700 block of South Highland Avenue on August 21, 2021, please contact the Columbus Police Homicide Unit or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers.