Samuel Ushery, a 42-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in Cincinnati on the night of Tuesday, February 6, 2024. A ShotSpotter alert for gunfire sent officers to the 800 block of Findlay Street in the city’s West End at about 11:20 p.m.; when police arrived they found a crime scene but no victims. Shortly after, two men who had been shot arrived at separate hospitals in private vehicles. Ushery was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and died from his injuries a short time later. A second man was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital for non-life-threatening wounds.

The Cincinnati Police Department’s Homicide Unit opened an investigation. On Thursday, February 29, 2024, authorities arrested two men: 20-year-old Bernie Rogers of Shelbyville, Tennessee, and 40-year-old Anthony Rogers of Cincinnati. Both were charged with murder in Ushery’s death and booked into the Hamilton County Justice Center; a judge set bond for each at $700,000. Court records do not clarify whether the two men are related. As of March 2024, the investigation remained ongoing.

If anyone has information about what happened on Findlay Street that night, please contact the Cincinnati Police Homicide Unit at 513-352-3542 or Crime Stoppers at 513-352-3040.