Dedrick Robinson, a 24-year-old Black man, was killed in a shooting in northeast Columbus, Ohio, on April 9, 2024. Officers found him outside an apartment in the 2700 block of Brentnell Avenue in the Arlington Park neighborhood just after midnight; he had suffered a gunshot wound to the head, was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition, and was pronounced dead a short time later.

Court documents and witness reports say the violence began when Robinson fired a handgun into an apartment. Two men, 27-year-old Kiante Lee and 29-year-old Terrell Thomas, and a woman, 32-year-old Sheleeah Foggie, came outside. Thomas and Foggie allegedly had handguns and exchanged gunfire with Robinson, and police later said it was Thomas’s gun that fired the shot that killed him. Detectives recovered video, shell casings, and handguns at the scene; Lee and Thomas were detained soon after and initially charged with murder, and a warrant was issued for Foggie on April 12.

Thomas later pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and felonious assault and was sentenced to eight to 10.5 years in prison. Lee pleaded guilty to reckless homicide and attempted felonious assault and received five years of community control with no prison time.

If anyone knew Dedrick Robinson or has information about what happened that night, please contact the Columbus Police Homicide Unit or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers.