Deion Byrd was 18 when he was shot and killed on July 23, 2026, in the 1000 block of South James Road in east Columbus, Ohio. Columbus Division of Police were called about 9:55 p.m.; Byrd arrived with a critical gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at 10:05 p.m. Friends and family remembered him as a recent high school graduate and the only son of his mother.

Witnesses at the scene identified 19-year-old Davon Israel as the shooter. Police obtained an arrest warrant charging Israel with murder; he was arrested the Friday after the shooting and appeared in court the following Saturday where bond was set at $1 million. A grand jury later returned an indictment including murder, felonious assault, involuntary manslaughter and having weapons under disability, with an arraignment set for August 5.

Who in the community knew Deion or saw anything that night that could help the investigation?