Laquam J. Gratsy, 23, of Columbus, Ohio, was fatally shot at a home on the 200 block of South Ogden Avenue in the Hilltop neighborhood shortly after 7 PM on January 30, 2017. Police say the shooting occurred during what appeared to be a robbery and investigators believed the defendants intended to rob Gratsy; prosecutors also reported Gratsy may have been dealing drugs out of his home.

Two men were arrested in connection with the killing: Hakeem O. Johnston, 24, and Devante Harris, 22. Both were charged with murder. Witnesses identified both Johnston and Harris as responsible for Gratsy’s death, though accounts did not establish who fired the fatal shot. Harris later pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery, and voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 18 years; Johnston was convicted of murder.

Gratsy’s survivors include his mothers, Yvonne Gratsy and Maria Alvarez, and his grandmother, Linda. Does anyone in the Hilltop area remember that night or have information about what happened at the South Ogden Avenue address?