Rhion S. Stanford, 20, was killed in an early morning shooting on July 18, 2026, in a second-floor bedroom of a home on Garfield Avenue SW in Canton, Ohio. Rhion, remembered by family as a resilient young man who’d had open-heart surgery as an infant, was a rapper known as K and a 2025 high school graduate with a passion for music, singing and dancing. Officers responded to a 911 call about 4:20 a.m.; Rhion had multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body and, after first aid at the scene, died at Aultman Hospital.

Investigators located 28-year-old Amondo T. M. Cole at Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital with gunshot wounds from the same incident. After his release from the hospital, Cole was arrested by Canton detectives, booked into the Stark County Jail and charged with murder; bond was set at $1.5 million. Rhion’s family described him as someone who lived on his own terms and brought laughter and joy to those around him.

Does anyone have information about Rhion, the Garfield Avenue SW residence, or what happened that morning?