Anthony Lamont Elliott, a 26-year-old African American man from Hamilton, Ohio, was fatally shot January 5, 2015, at the Meadow Ridge apartment complex near Blossom Street in West Chester, Ohio. The shooting occurred shortly before 5 p.m.; investigators confirmed his death as a homicide and said the suspect was described as a black man in a red hooded sweatshirt with a yellow emblem. Police reported the shooting did not appear random and that several leads were being pursued.

Police later identified a suspect, Morris Hodge Jr., a 27-year-old man from Cincinnati. Hodge admitted to shooting Elliott during what was described as a drug deal gone bad. Elliott’s fiancée said the two men had been childhood friends and had planned to hang out the night Elliott was killed. Hodge faced up to 17 years and received a sentence of 14 years plus a three-year gun specification.

If anyone knew Anthony, his movements that day, or the circumstances of the meeting at Meadow Ridge, please share information that could help fill gaps for the family.