Jerron J. McDowell was 23 when he was shot and killed in Trotwood, Ohio, on September 19, 2016. The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office ruled his death a homicide from a perforating gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was found shot multiple times around 9:30 p.m. on Olive Road and later pronounced dead at Good Samaritan Hospital.

Police described the incident as a gun battle involving multiple weapons and several people who knew one another, not random violence. Investigators from the Trotwood and Moraine Police Departments recovered a vehicle riddled with bullet holes that may have been involved. McDowell’s father, Jerome McDowell, said Jerron had recently been released from federal prison for a drug-trafficking conviction and was trying to turn his life around; the family and community remembered his positive qualities. A reward was offered for information leading to arrest and conviction.

Does anyone who knew Jerron or was in the Olive Road area that night have information that could help the investigation?