Eric Adell Givens II, a 29-year-old African American man from Hamilton, Ohio, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head between two houses in the 100 block of Walnut Street on July 5, 2015. The Butler County Coroner’s Office ruled his death a homicide. That night Hamilton police responded to multiple 911 calls reporting gunfire. Two other men, Carlos Cortez Baker and Michael Anthony Gilmore, were also shot nearby but survived with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police seized a black assault rifle at the scene and investigators say Baker and Gilmore were walking near 139 Walnut Street when unknown assailants fired at them. The police chief described the shootings as targeted acts of violence in the city’s 2nd Ward that disproportionately affect young African American men. No arrests have been made and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone knew Eric or has information about the shootings near Walnut Street on July 5, 2015, please come forward.