Sidney Green, 64, of Lebanon, Ohio, was shot and killed on December 2, 2016, in the apartment he shared with his son, Freddie Green. Freddie, 42 at the time, called 911 and told dispatch he had shot his father; police found Sidney dead from a gunshot wound. Freddie was arrested and charged with felonious assault and domestic violence.

At trial he said he shot his father in self-defense, claiming he feared for his life, but a jury rejected that defense. In October 2017 Freddie Green was convicted of murder and felonious assault with gun specifications and received a sentence of 18 years to life. Court testimony stated Freddie waited about four hours before calling 911 and drove to Dayton to buy heroin during that interval.

Sidney was a member of Full Gospel Out Reach Church and was survived by five children and several grandchildren; the shooting was one of six domestic violence-related homicides in Warren County in the latter half of 2016.