Donte Adaryll Noble Jr., 31, was fatally shot on November 27, 2023, in the 100 block of South Pleasant Street in Oberlin. Police responded to a shots fired call just after 6 p.m. and found Noble lying in a driveway with a gunshot wound to the chest. A gun was located at the scene and Noble was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Authorities identified and arrested 19-year-old Oberlin resident Xavier A. Smith as a suspect and charged him with murder and felonious assault; investigators reported an altercation between Smith and Noble prior to the shooting. Noble was born October 13, 1992, in Lorain and lived there most of his life; his death was described as unexpected by those who knew him.

Did anyone in the area witness the altercation on South Pleasant Street that evening or have information about what led up to the shooting?