Donald Lightner was 30 when he was shot and killed on July 19, 1991, in Columbus, Franklin County. He was sitting in a car that had stopped at a traffic light at the intersection of Barnett and Scottwood when an unknown person opened fire; Lightner was struck by a gunshot wound and later died.

The Columbus Police Department investigated but no suspect has been identified and the case remains unsolved. The Ohio Attorney General’s Office and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation continue to list the death in unsolved homicide databases and to publicize the case in hopes of generating tips.

Anyone with information about the shooting at Barnett and Scottwood on July 19, 1991, is asked to contact local law enforcement or the Ohio BCI.