Damere Anthony Joseph Oliphant was 20 when he was shot and killed outside an apartment on Cam Court in Shawnee Township, Lima, Ohio, on March 27, 2017. A 2016 graduate of Lima Senior High School, he worked at St. Rita’s Laundry and attended St. Paul A.M.E.

Gavin Lauck fired the weapon, an AK-47 rifle. Lauck said he meant to fire into the ground to intimidate Oliphant but that recoil caused a second shot that struck and killed him; Lauck was reportedly under the influence of cocaine and marijuana at the time. Two other men, Collin Dysert and Dalton Duncan, were charged in connection with the incident. The case led to prison terms for the three men and remains a reminder of the toll of drug-related violence on families and communities.

If anyone knew Damere, his routines, or has information about that night, please come forward.