On the evening of September 26, 2025, 25-year-old Jawan Tyree Bates was shot in Cincinnati’s Evanston neighborhood near Montgomery Road and Brewster Avenue, close to Xavier University. Police were dispatched around 7:20–7:30 p.m. for reports of gunfire; Bates arrived at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center by private vehicle and died of his wounds. Early reports say detectives canvassed the area and gathered evidence as a homicide investigation began.

Family members described Bates as a devoted father, a Withrow High School graduate who played football at Wilmington College, and a community barber who often gave free haircuts to kids in need. His mother said she believed the shooting stemmed from a dispute and called for accountability.

On October 2, 2025, police arrested 35-year-old Jamarr Harshaw and charged him with murder and felonious assault in connection with Bates’s death. Authorities are asking anyone with information about the events of September 26 to contact the Cincinnati Police Department’s Homicide Unit; did anyone in Evanston see or hear anything that night?