Roshad Broadus, 30, was shot during a dispute on the 1600 block of Oak Street in Columbus’s Franklin Park neighborhood just before 11 p.m. on Saturday, November 2, 2024. Family remembers him as a devoted son, brother, nephew and uncle, a working co‑parent who had recently reconnected with his faith and took pride in learning his family’s history. A family tribute says he was defending and protecting his family at his home when he was attacked.

Reports say the confrontation involved a neighbor, Donnye Abrams, and concerned a dog on Broadus’s front porch. Officers found Broadus in his doorway with what court records called a catastrophic gunshot wound to the head; he was taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in critical condition and pronounced dead on November 5, 2024. Police arrested Abrams at the scene and court documents say he admitted to the shooting; the charge was later upgraded to murder.

No one has been convicted in Broadus’s death. If anyone witnessed the November 2, 2024 confrontation or has information about the shooting, please share what was seen or heard.