Matthew McDaniel, 42, was shot during a neighborhood argument on Geraldine Drive in Colerain Township on the evening of August 16, 2025. Officers were dispatched at about 8:07 p.m.; he suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. The coroner and funeral records list his date of death as August 19, 2025.

Police initially identified a nearby 37-year-old neighbor as the person who allegedly fired the shots after a dispute that began in the street; a 911 caller from McDaniel’s home described escalating tension that spilled into the street. Investigators examined not only the shooting itself but what happened to firearms after the incident. The Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office later reviewed the case and, after that review, authorities announced no murder charges would be filed, concluding the shooting was legally justified under Ohio’s self-defense law. Two men were arrested on tampering-with-evidence charges: 37-year-old Perez Crossty, accused of trying to hide his gun before later saying where it was, and 26-year-old David Heimpold, accused of removing a second gun police say had belonged to McDaniel.

Were there witnesses on Geraldine Drive that night who saw the dispute or what happened immediately afterward?