On the night of Friday, March 6, 2026, 38-year-old Dwayne Kelly was fatally wounded in a shooting in Cincinnati’s Madisonville neighborhood. Officers were dispatched to the 6000 block of Madison Road at about 11:21 p.m.; they found Kelly suffering from a gunshot wound. He was treated by Cincinnati Fire Department EMS and taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he later died.

The Cincinnati Police Department’s Homicide Unit is treating the death as a homicide and has opened an active investigation. No suspects or arrests have been announced, and investigators are asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit.

If anyone knew Dwayne Kelly or witnessed the shooting on Madison Road that night, please come forward with information for investigators.