Shelton Martell Rambo Hicks was a 16-year-old from Toledo who died on June 11, 2017, after being shot in the head. He died at St. Vincent Hospital in Toledo, surrounded by loved ones, after the shooting took place in broad daylight outside a school playground in North Toledo.

Police arrested 19-year-old Darnell Bryant-Bey, also known as Smiley Sosa, in connection with the shooting. He was charged with murder and obstruction of justice; detectives said evidence linked him to the crime. The case proceeded to trial, a jury deliberated for nine hours and returned a guilty verdict, and Bryant-Bey was sentenced.

The killing devastated Hicks’s family and the community. If anyone knew Shelton, was present at the playground that day, or has information about the incident, please come forward.