Rashad Ameer Shahid, a 25-year-old man from Cincinnati, Ohio, was shot and killed on November 21, 2019, near Northwest High School shortly after classes were dismissed. The shooting grew out of an argument that began between a 17-year-old Northwest student and the sister of another student; the 17-year-old and the sister agreed to settle the dispute in a fight off school grounds. The 17-year-old asked 18-year-old Brian Holmes Jr., who did not attend Northwest, to bring a gun to that confrontation.

When the group encountered Shahid and others near Butterwick Drive and Newmarket Drive, Holmes produced a .45-caliber Sig Sauer pistol and fired several shots. Shahid was fatally wounded and another person, Dante Walker III, was shot in the left arm. Witnesses said several males, including Holmes and the 17-year-old, put Shahid into the back of a car and tried to drive him to the hospital; police later intercepted the vehicle in Forest Park and found Shahid unconscious. Holmes and the 17-year-old were located hiding in a backyard on Grant Avenue.

Brian Holmes Jr. was indicted on murder and felonious assault charges. The 17-year-old, identified as Jamar Flagg, was also charged with murder and faced possible prosecution as an adult. The community responded to Shahid’s death with calls for efforts to prevent similar violence.

Did anyone see Shahid or the groups involved near Butterwick Drive and Newmarket Drive that afternoon?