Deonte Tay Kyle Yepes, 36, was shot in Columbus, Ohio, on March 5, 2020, and died of his injuries that afternoon. Columbus police were called about 10:10 a.m. to the 600 block of South Napoleon Avenue in the Eastmoor neighborhood. Yepes was found lying in the grass with gunshot wounds, taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, underwent surgery, and was pronounced dead at 1:56 p.m. His death was recorded as the city’s 20th homicide that year.

Investigators developed leads from eyewitnesses who reported seeing a man identified as 27-year-old Terrance Roane standing outside a car Yepes was in and firing multiple shots into the vehicle. Roane was arrested and charged with murder on March 27, 2020. Witness testimony and scene evidence were cited as part of the case against him. Anyone with information about Yepes, the shooting, or events leading up to March 5, 2020, is asked to come forward.