Antoine Blackshear Jr., 21, was fatally shot on August 24, 2020, in front of the C-1 Carry-out at 6044 Channingway Boulevard in Columbus, Ohio. According to reports, a verbal altercation escalated when 20-year-old Darius Leroy Stovell pulled out a gun and shot Blackshear multiple times. Blackshear was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead.

Stovell fled the scene and went to Los Angeles, California, where he was arrested and later indicted by the Franklin County Grand Jury for Blackshear’s murder. The killing occurred amid a rise in homicides in Columbus that summer and drew community attention. Blackshear was remembered by family and friends as a caring person who aspired to become a mechanic.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about the events that led up to it, please share tips with the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office or local law enforcement.