Isaiah Christopher Lampkins, 24, of Solon, Ohio, was shot and killed in Pepper Pike on May 22, 2017. He was found on the lawn of an unoccupied home on Fairmount Boulevard after a drug deal that began about 12:48 a.m. went wrong; he was taken to Hillcrest Hospital and pronounced dead at the scene.

Three men were involved: Kevin Malone and Da’Jon Carouthers went with Lampkins to purchase marijuana from Matthew Stecher of Niles. A struggle followed, shots were fired, and charges were filed—Malone and Carouthers on involuntary manslaughter and armed robbery, and Stecher on voluntary manslaughter and drug trafficking. Pepper Pike police arrested all three within hours; bail was set at $500,000 for Malone and Carouthers and $650,000 for Stecher. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation assisted.

Isaiah’s family included parents SirRobert M. Lampkins, Sr. and Earline M. Cox, brother Brandon D. Cox, Esq., sisters Tiera L. Sumpter and Markita C. Cumberlander, and his toddler daughter Aniyah. The shooting was the first murder in Pepper Pike since 1995 and prompted a City Council meeting on community safety. Did anyone in the area see or hear anything that night that might help clarify what happened?