Just after midnight on August 9, 2025, Toledo police responded to the 600 block of East Central Avenue and found 31-year-old Leonel Avila Rodriguez outside a home with multiple gunshot wounds. Officers were dispatched about 12:49 a.m.; Rodriguez died at the scene and a second person suffered only minor injuries. An autopsy determined Rodriguez died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Within days detectives identified a suspect and on August 15 obtained a murder warrant for 18-year-old Carlos Ignacio Ramirez, who was charged with murder and felonious assault in connection with the shooting. Police asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers as the homicide investigation continued and sought tips about what led to the burst of gunfire shortly before 1 a.m.

If anyone witnessed the shooting outside the East Central Avenue address or has information that could help investigators, please get in touch with local authorities or Crime Stoppers.