Ronald Diggs, 38, a Black entertainer from Atlanta who performed as King Ry’Yon Shugahbear Tajoure, was shot and killed in Columbus in the early hours of April 29, 2024. Diggs had travelled to the city to perform and judge an event in the arts district. A large brawl involving 15 to 20 people broke out inside a Waffle House on North High Street around 2:30 a.m., then spilled onto the street. A friend said Diggs was shot while trying to protect another friend; police found him on the sidewalk about half a block from the restaurant with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead at 3:06 a.m. Two other people were also injured during the fight.

Columbus police identified 19-year-old Jaquan Curry as a suspect and issued a murder warrant, and released images of three other persons of interest they wanted to identify. Curry remained at large for several months before being arrested by a fugitive task force on September 5, 2024, in Canal Winchester; he appeared in court the next day and apologized to Diggs’s family. A judge set bond at $1 million.

Did anyone who knew Ronald in Columbus that night see the fight or the people who left the scene?