On the evening of December 5, 2023, at about 6:19 p.m., Columbus police responded to a reported shooting near North 20th Street and Mt. Vernon Avenue in the King-Lincoln Bronzeville neighborhood. Officers found 66-year-old Robert Leslie Kelly with a gunshot wound; he was taken to Grant Medical Center and pronounced dead at 6:39 p.m.

No arrests have been announced and investigators have not released information about suspects or a motive. Kelly, born June 2, 1957, is survived by his mother Anne, sister Lynne, brother Bryan, and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. The Columbus Division of Police is asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit at 614-645-0877 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477.

Did anyone in the King-Lincoln Bronzeville area on December 5 see or hear anything that could help investigators?