Adrian Cook, a 19-year-old from Dayton, Ohio, was shot and killed at about 10:14 p.m. on May 17, 2021, at the Shell gas station on Germantown Street near South Gettysburg Avenue. Officers found Cook and a 17-year-old male with gunshot wounds; Adrian Cook was pronounced dead at the scene and the 17-year-old was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

An 18-year-old named Aaron Lee Cook was arrested the following day and booked on a preliminary murder charge; formal charges had not yet been filed as the investigation continued. Homicide detectives and an investigator from the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office were handling the case, and police said the shooting did not appear connected to violence or disputes from the previous week.

Police asked anyone who witnessed the incident or has information to come forward to assist the investigation. Did anyone see or hear anything that night near Germantown Street and South Gettysburg Avenue?