Corey A. Mitchell, 34, was fatally shot on the evening of May 29, 2010, outside his home on North Paul Laurence Dunbar Street in Dayton, Ohio. He had just returned with his 11-year-old twins when a masked gunman emerged from the yard of an abandoned house across the street and opened fire. Corey was struck multiple times and died shortly after arriving at the hospital; his daughter sustained a gunshot wound to the leg and his son was uninjured.

In the weeks before the killing Corey reported being threatened at gunpoint by two men and receiving threatening text messages tied to a woman he had been dating, whom he described as obsessive and intrusive. That woman was later arrested on a conspiracy to commit murder charge, but a Montgomery County Grand Jury declined to indict and the charge was expunged. Investigators recovered shell casings and a tea bottle at the scene, and Detective Patricia Tackett believes multiple people were involved.

Corey’s mother, Carol Cranford, has led efforts to keep the case in public view, offering rewards and erecting a billboard. No arrests have been made and the shooter’s identity remains unknown. If anyone has information about the individuals involved or the shooting, please come forward.