Benjamin Ward, 41, was shot and killed inside his home in the 1900 block of Broadstone Road in west Toledo on February 3, 2019. He had just returned from a Super Bowl party when the shooting occurred. Ward was found in the house and was pronounced dead later that night at hospital.

Toledo police identified 32-year-old Willie Hall as a suspect. Hall was already in custody on other charges when he was indicted for aggravated murder and aggravated burglary in connection with Ward’s death and held on $1 million bond. The case was prosecuted alongside an earlier January 11, 2019 burglary indictment that the court found could be joined for trial as part of a common scheme or continuous course of conduct. The trial resulted in convictions for aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, and burglary, and Hall received a life sentence; the court relied on Ward’s statements and witness testimony at trial.

If anyone knew Benjamin, lived near Broadstone Road in February 2019, or has information about the events that night, please share what was seen or heard.