Dontae Lamar Maurice Crowder was 25 when he was shot and killed in Columbus, Ohio, on June 26, 2021. Police were called to the 1800 block of East Rich Street at about 9:42 PM; officers found Crowder with an apparent gunshot wound. He was taken to Grant Hospital and pronounced dead at 10:07 PM.

The Columbus Police Department’s Homicide Cold Case Unit handled the investigation. On December 22, 2022, Columbus police arrested 37-year-old Phillip Calloway Jr. and charged him with murder; he was taken into custody and was awaiting a preliminary hearing in the Franklin County Jail. Crowder’s family remembered him as hardworking and devoted to his wife and daughter.

If anyone has information about the shooting on East Rich Street on June 26, 2021, please come forward.