Muhannad Osman Ahmed Afdal, a 21-year-old Black male, was shot and killed on August 15, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. He was found with a gunshot wound to the upper abdomen in the courtyard of the Abbey Lane apartment complex on Golden Gate Square. The shooting was reported around 9:06 p.m.; Afdal was taken to Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center and died of his injuries at 10:15 p.m.

The Columbus Division of Police and the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office classified the incident as a homicide and investigated the case. The Ohio Attorney General’s Office later added the file to its cold case homicide unit. Law enforcement has appealed to the public for information, but no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone has information that could help bring justice for Muhannad Afdal, please contact the Columbus Police Department or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers.