Howard W. Hills was a 30-year-old Black man who died of a gunshot wound in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, February 25, 1991. He was at 1078 Chittendon Avenue in Franklin County when he suffered the fatal wound; authorities classified the death as a homicide but did not release the circumstances of the shooting.

The Columbus Police Department opened an investigation under case number 1426. That inquiry did not produce any arrests, and no suspects were publicly identified. The case later went cold and remains unsolved; it now appears in the Ohio Attorney General’s database of unsolved homicides with the investigation still open.

If anyone has information about Howard Hills, his movements that day, or the address on Chittendon Avenue, please contact law enforcement with a tip.