On April 11, 2025, 17-year-old Jayzeir Gaddy was shot outside the David Lee Salon on Tower Boulevard in Lorain, Ohio. Police arrived after reports of gunfire around 5 p.m. and found two people in the parking lot with gunshot wounds. Twenty-one-year-old Larry Moore Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene. Jayzeir Gaddy was taken to Mercy Health in Lorain and later airlifted to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, where he died on April 14, 2025.

Jayzeir, born May 9, 2007, was described as a hardworking young man who enjoyed sports, video games, rapping, and spending time with family. He was preparing to welcome a child with his girlfriend, Jaishali Rivera, and is survived by his parents Latoya Atwood and Willie Gaddy Sr., grandmother Lillian Lee Jackson, great-grandmother Lucille Atwood, and several siblings.

Authorities initially detained an individual but later said no arrests had been made while the investigation continued. On April 16, 2025, 21-year-old Willie Gaddy Jr., Jayzeir’s older brother, was arrested and charged with felonious assault in connection with the shooting. The Lorain Police Department asks anyone with information to contact their Criminal Investigations Bureau at 440-204-2105.

Did anyone in the area around Tower Boulevard on April 11 see or hear anything that might help investigators?