On October 9, 2008, 27-year-old Markell L. Peaks was one of three people killed in a shooting at an apartment on 1988 Fairmont Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. Peaks, Franklin Walker and Carol Welch were each found shot multiple times; Peaks and Walker reportedly sustained three gunshot wounds to the head and back.

Investigators concluded the killings grew out of a planned robbery in which the attackers sought money and drugs. Testimony at the later trial described coordinated planning, the presence of several firearms that night, and statements that the assailants expected to take valuables from the victims. Multiple people were charged; testimony identified Mandrell Kendricks as one of the shooters and implicated others in executing the scheme. Jurors convicted Kendricks and other defendants based on that testimony despite defense challenges to witness reliability and the absence of direct physical evidence tying the accused to the scene.

Anyone who knew Markell Peaks or who has information about the events at the Fairmont Avenue apartment that night is asked to come forward.