Caleb Chamberlin was 22 when he was fatally shot during an incident at a home on West Columbus Avenue in Bellefontaine on November 27, 2019. He was born November 8, 1997, and was a 2016 graduate of Bellefontaine High School. Family and friends remember him for his love of music, camping, hiking, and playing Dungeons & Dragons; he had been working toward joining the Marine Corps and toward a career as a car salesman.

Witnesses reported that three teenagers from Urbana broke into the home around 11:35 p.m. During the altercation Caleb was shot multiple times and died. Another man, Anthony Scartz, 24, was also shot and later died at a hospital in Columbus. Three teenagers — Ethan Grim, 17, Josiah Bush, 16, and Elijah Barrett, 15 — were arrested and charged with murder; a fourth person, Austin Allen, 20, was arrested and charged with complicity to aggravated robbery. One of the teenagers, Barrett, was wounded when residents returned fire and was treated at a hospital. The suspects were held in custody and had an initial court date set for January 9, 2020.