Gregorio O. Cruz, a 59-year-old Hispanic man, was shot and killed on the morning of April 18, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Officers with the Columbus Police Department responded about 8:11 a.m. to a reported shooting at the intersection of Sullivant Avenue and South Richardson Avenue and found Cruz inside a vehicle with gunshot wounds. He was taken to Grant Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

The death has been classified as a homicide and remains unsolved. No arrests or publicly named suspects have been announced. The Columbus Police Department and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office are asking anyone with information to come forward to help identify those responsible.

If anyone has information about Gregorio Cruz, his movements that morning, or the shooting at Sullivant and South Richardson, please contact investigators.