Rodney Earl Smith Jr was 19 when he was shot at 8380 Anthony Wayne in Cincinnati’s Hartwell neighborhood on July 10, 2003. He died of his injuries the next day, July 11, 2003. The Cincinnati Police Department opened the case as homicide number 1138; funeral services were held on Saturday, July 19, 2003.

The specific circumstances that led to the shooting are not described and the investigation went cold. Rodney’s name appears on the Ohio Attorney General’s Unsolved Homicides database; the case is now handled as part of the cold case workload. Little else is publicly recorded about his life beyond these facts.

If anyone knew Rodney, saw activity around 8380 Anthony Wayne on July 10, 2003, or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.