Avon Harris, 69, a Black man, was shot on the evening of Sunday, August 17, 2025, on Elm Street near Lagrange and Spring streets in north Toledo. Officers responding to a person-shot call found him with a gunshot wound to the abdomen about 8:45 p.m.; he was treated at the scene, taken to Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center, and died the next day, Monday, August 18, 2025.

Detectives recovered at least one shell casing at the scene and described the incident as a single-victim shooting. Police identified and arrested a suspect, Marlon Henderson, 45, on Wednesday, August 20; he was initially charged with murder and felonious assault and held on $1 million bond. A Lucas County grand jury later returned an indictment charging Henderson with two counts of murder with firearm specifications, one count of felonious assault with a firearm specification, and one count of tampering with evidence. No other suspects have been publicly named.

If anyone saw activity on Elm Street the evening of August 17 or has information about this shooting, please share what is known with investigators.