Romeo Romell Kendrick, a 20-year-old Black man from Columbus, Ohio, was found fatally shot in a wooded area along Brice Road north of Shannon Road on May 12, 2021. He was discovered around 9:15 a.m.; Columbus police pronounced him dead at the scene and later classified his death as a homicide, the city’s 71st that year.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office lists the case as an unsolved homicide. No arrests have been reported and investigators continue to seek information. Kendrick’s family—parents Richard and Lisa Kendrick and siblings Rickeya Barker, Lisa Stephens, Sinyte Simms, Laporcha Williams, Miracle, Sonya Kendrick, Michael Stephens, Richard Kendrick, and Jamual Burks McElroy—have expressed deep sorrow and continue to pursue justice.

Anyone with information about what happened along Brice Road that morning is asked to come forward.