Damian Clay Johnson was a 15-year-old from Lima, Ohio, due to start his sophomore year at Elida High School. Family remembered him as rambunctious and kind, with a quick wit, infectious laugh, and a love of basketball, video games, tennis shoes, and his pet Rylo.

On the evening of July 27, 2025, Damian arrived at Mercy Health–St. Rita’s Medical Center unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. He was pronounced dead shortly after arrival; an obituary recorded his time of death as 6:03 p.m. The Lima Police Department traced the shooting to the 2000 block of North Metcalf Street after reviewing witness statements and surveillance video.

A 15-year-old male juvenile was arrested the day after the shooting and later identified as Kavon Lasenby. A second juvenile, Chevion Snyder, was also identified; after a bindover hearing his case was moved to adult court and an Allen County grand jury returned an indictment including aggravated murder, murder, aggravated robbery, felonious assault with a firearm, and tampering with evidence. Snyder’s defense has indicated he plans to claim self-defense.

Does anyone have information about Damian, his routine that summer, or the 2000 block of North Metcalf Street on July 27, 2025?