James Christopher Douthit, 49, was shot and killed on the evening of March 11, 2020, in Cincinnati’s West End neighborhood in the 500 block of Poplar Street. Officers who responded found Douthit with a gunshot wound; he was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and pronounced dead there.

The Cincinnati Police Department classified the incident as a homicide. On March 24, 2020, homicide detectives arrested and charged 36-year-old Antwon Wilson, alleging Wilson shot Douthit multiple times in the face during a verbal altercation. Wilson was held at the Hamilton County Justice Center awaiting arraignment.

Anyone who saw the confrontation or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.