Shandese Marquail Brunner was 19 and from Columbus, Ohio. He was born June 22, 2001, and attended Linden McKinley High School. Known to family and friends as loving and caring, his death on December 23, 2020, cut short his life.

On the night he died, Brunner was found outside an apartment on the 1700 block of Shanley Drive on Columbus’ Northeast Side with gunshot wounds. He was taken to OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital and died there at 9:01 p.m. Police say the shooting followed an altercation during a private sale transaction. Two people came forward as witnesses; neither has been charged. Columbus police have not released any suspect identities, and the investigation is ongoing. His death was recorded as the city’s 166th homicide of 2020.

If anyone knew Shandese or witnessed the incident on Shanley Drive, please share what you know with investigators.