Damariante Dillingham, a 30-year-old Black man, was shot during a family gathering on the evening of July 11, 2025, on the 800 block of State Street in Lima, Ohio. Officers responding about 7:40 p.m. found him wounded; he was taken to Mercy Health–St. Rita’s Medical Center and died of his injuries that day. Detectives interviewed multiple witnesses as they worked to determine how the celebration turned into a fatal confrontation.

Within a day police identified a suspect, 22-year-old Damien Durr, who was booked into the Allen County Jail on July 12 on a preliminary murder charge and later held on $1 million bond. Community memorials confirmed Dillingham’s full name and age and recorded July 11, 2025, as the date of death. Authorities asked anyone with information to come forward about the shooting.

If anyone attended that gathering or has information about what happened on State Street that night, please share what you know.