Carnal Mixon was 17 when he was shot and killed in Columbus, Ohio’s Hilltop neighborhood on the afternoon of October 4, 2024. Friends and family described him as smart, funny, and intelligent. Just before 3:40 p.m. police found Carnal in the 300 block of Lechner Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds; medics transported him to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 4:04 p.m.

Homicide detectives later traced leads to a home on East 4th Avenue in the Milo-Grogan neighborhood. On October 17, 2024, officers arrested 15-year-old Robert Clark III in connection with Carnal’s death and also took the teen’s father, 34-year-old Robert A. Clark II, into custody. Prosecutors charged Robert Clark III with murder in juvenile court; the father was charged with obstructing justice after detectives alleged he fled with and harbored his son following the shooting.

Many questions remain about what happened that afternoon and the motive for the shooting. Anyone with information about Carnal, the 300 block of Lechner Avenue, or the events around October 4, 2024 is asked to come forward.