Keshawna Macala Ximines, 26, was shot on the night of January 30, 2021, at a home on Bufflehead Drive in north Columbus and died the next morning at Mount Carmel East Hospital. Born November 16, 1994, in Ontario, Canada, she was pronounced deceased January 31, 2021 after being critically injured by gunfire.

Columbus police filed an arrest warrant for 24-year-old Taashan Smith, charging him with reckless homicide. Smith reportedly said Keshawna shot herself with his gun, but the Franklin County Coroner ruled the death a homicide after an autopsy showed the wound was not from a close-range gunshot. Multiple agencies, including Columbus police and the Coroner’s Office, investigated and detectives asked the public for information about Smith’s whereabouts.

A candlelight vigil and rose release were held at Hoover Reservoir Park in Keshawna’s memory. If anyone has information about what happened that night or Keshawna’s last movements, please come forward.