Curtis Kennard Bivens, a 42-year-old Black man, was shot in the heart and lungs and killed on October 29, 2008, at 1127 S. Champion Ave. in Columbus, Ohio. The Columbus Police Department has classified his death as an unsolved homicide and the case is recorded as Case number 1819.

Despite investigations involving the Columbus Police Department and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, there have been no significant arrests or suspects identified. His mother, Mary Bivins, and his son, Curtis Bivins, have been publicly urging for justice while the case has remained in the cold case files.

Anyone with information about the shooting or who remembers activity near 1127 S. Champion Ave. on or around October 29, 2008, is asked to contact the investigators handling Case number 1819.