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Raheem T. Dearmond, 22, was shot and killed on June 7, 2015, after an argument in a car parked at the Demorest Market on Columbus’s west side. He had hitched a ride with his cousin Toure Benton to pick up his 1-year-old son from his mother. Dearmond was sitting in the passenger seat when two men in the back seat opened fire; both Dearmond and Benton were shot.

The investigation identified Joviyon S. Turner, then 19, who was indicted and later pleaded guilty to one count of murder with a firearm specification; Turner received an 18 years to life sentence. Police also identified another man involved in the shooting who was not immediately named.

Family remembered Dearmond as a private but caring person devoted to his son; his past included a juvenile sentence for the attempted murder of a police officer, yet neighbors recalled acts of kindness such as giving blankets to a homeless child. Does anyone have information about the other man involved or recall the events that night?