On the evening of January 25, 2026, Lane Michael Allen, 34, was shot during a confrontation at an apartment complex in Prairie Township, Franklin County. Deputies responded to gunfire near the 4600 block of Hilton Avenue at 7:32 p.m. and found Allen on the roadway with multiple upper-body gunshot wounds. He was taken to OhioHealth Doctors Hospital and pronounced dead at 8:13 p.m.

Investigators say Allen and his girlfriend had gone to an apartment to buy narcotics and encountered 21-year-old Tyriq Jeffers. The girlfriend told detectives Jeffers displayed a handgun, an argument turned physical, and Allen was shot in the back while running toward a vehicle. Deputies detained two people at the apartment, found blood inside, recovered identification for Jeffers, and later arrested him at a Columbus hotel on January 27; he was charged with murder and held on $3 million bond.

Allen was born June 22, 1991, in Marysville, Ohio. He worked on farms and in restaurants, enjoyed hunting and horseback riding, and is survived by his fiancée, three children, his parents, and other family. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office asked anyone with information about the January 25 shooting to contact the Major Crimes Unit.

Does anyone have information about Hilton Avenue or memories of that apartment complex on the night of January 25?