Ky’Ron Demetrius Lamar Cannady, 24, was shot and killed during a family dispute in a Dayton apartment on August 9, 2020. The altercation, reported around 11 p.m. in the 1000 block of Salem Avenue, began over the purchase of a bottle of alcohol and escalated into a physical fight; Cannady was shot multiple times and later died at a hospital.

Witnesses identified 25-year-old Perry Maurice Rolandus Thompson Jr., Cannady’s cousin, as the shooter; Thompson fled in a silver Chrysler 300. A search by the Dayton Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team led to Thompson’s arrest on August 20, 2020. A 20-year-old woman, Tod’janaye Smith, who was with him at the time, was taken in for questioning.

Thompson was charged with two counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault, and having weapons while under disability. In July 2022 he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, tampering with evidence, and having weapons under disability; in August 2022 he was sentenced to 18 to 23½ years and ordered to pay funeral restitution for Cannady. Does anyone have information about the dispute or was present that night?