Just after midnight on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 40-year-old Aaron Lamar Rosemond Jr. was shot multiple times and died on the 1500 block of Yarmouth Avenue near Bond Hill Park in Cincinnati. Responding officers and the Cincinnati Fire Department arrived after calls about a shooting; Rosemond was pronounced dead at the scene. Television footage showed numerous evidence markers along the street and detectives recovered two different types of shell casings.

Rosemond’s son Aerys said his father had stepped out of his car to meet someone when a volley of more than 20 shots was fired. The family described him as a best friend and noted they had planned to start a new job together days later; Aerys had spoken with his father about four hours before the shooting. The Cincinnati Police Homicide Unit is handling the active investigation. No suspects or arrests have been announced, and the motive and number of attackers remain unknown.

Anyone with information about that night or who saw activity near Yarmouth Avenue around midnight on June 9 is asked to come forward.