On the morning of June 7, 2020, 39-year-old Dale Roland Kendig was fatally shot in the Hilltop neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The shooting happened around 5:59 a.m. in the 3600 block of South Eureka Avenue; Kendig was found with an apparent gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 6 a.m. Investigators say the shooting followed an argument between Kendig and an unidentified male suspect. Witnesses reported the suspect fled in a white Dodge truck.

Kendig was born December 14, 1980, and was a lifelong Columbus resident. He is survived by his mother, Penny S. Kendig; his children, Arick Carles and Mariah Hasselbach; his sisters, Carlisa L. Kendig and Daleana R. Sealock; his half-brother, Victor Higgenbotham; and his cousin, Shawn Kendig. Family and friends remembered him as warm and kind. No arrests have been reported and the investigation remains open; anyone with information was asked to contact the Columbus Police Homicide Unit or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers.

Did anyone in Hilltop on the morning of June 7 see a white Dodge truck or know who might have been involved?