Derrick Sturgill was killed in a home invasion in Dayton, Ohio, on January 18, 2012. Three masked men entered a residence on the 500 block of Deeds Avenue at about 10 p.m., assaulted Sturgill, and then shot him multiple times. He was taken to Miami Valley Hospital and died later that evening.

Investigators say Sturgill was the intended target rather than a secondary victim; police noted his activities were suggested to be drug-related and initially considered a possible link to another person at the home before concluding Sturgill himself was targeted. The Dayton Police Department pursued numerous leads but the case remains unsolved. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation lists the killing in its unsolved homicide database and Sturgill was memorialized among Montgomery Countys homicide victims for 2012.

If anyone has information about what happened at the Deeds Avenue residence on January 18, 2012, please come forward.