Hillary Farr, 17, was shot on the 3800 block of Alvin Avenue in Dayton on Sunday night, September 14, 2025. Officers arrived about 8:30 p.m. and found a teenager with a gunshot wound; he was taken to Miami Valley Hospital and pronounced dead. The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Hillary Farr.

Relatives and neighbors gathered outside the family home afterward, remembering a Dunbar High School senior who loved his siblings, his church, and the neighborhood where he grew up. His mother, Tierra Stark, said he had been outside talking with someone in a car when gunfire erupted, and family members said the shooting occurred in front of younger siblings. An obituary described a hardworking teen who enjoyed basketball and writing raps, with services planned for late September at Thomas Funeral Home.

Recorded 911 calls from that evening include callers saying teens pulled up in a car, one got out and shot another, and bystanders pleading for help. Dayton Police Homicide Unit investigators took the lead, and city leaders said detectives believed the shooter and Farr knew each other. Through mid-September and into October, no arrest had been announced and no suspect publicly identified. If anyone knew Hillary, his routines, or what happened on Alvin Avenue that night, please share information with investigators.