Justin Crutchfield was an 18-year-old from Cincinnati who was fatally shot on the evening of June 22, 2015, in the Findlay Playground area of Over-the-Rhine. The shooting happened around 7:20 p.m., near where a local anti-violence event had just concluded. Police responded and Justin succumbed to his injuries shortly afterward. Witnesses heard gunfire and saw him critically injured near the park, a location that had seen similar incidents before.

Family and friends mourned his loss and the shooting intensified community concern about violence in Cincinnati’s public spaces. The playground was again in the news within 24 hours when another, unrelated, shooting occurred there. If anyone knew Justin or has information about what happened that evening, please come forward.