Isaiah Petty, 23, was shot outside an apartment building in the Hilltop area of Columbus, Ohio, on October 2, 2020. He was standing outside talking to his ex-girlfriend when a shot was fired from inside the apartment and struck him in the chest. Petty was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition and died the next morning.

Police arrested 28-year-old Christopher Thompson in connection with the shooting. Thompson was initially charged with felonious assault; those charges were later upgraded to murder. Police reports say Thompson fired the shot that killed Petty, and the case was recorded as Columbus’s 119th homicide of 2020.

Anyone who has information about the shooting or who saw activity around that apartment building on October 2, 2020, is asked to contact investigators.