Barron Brown, 53, was fatally shot in Cincinnati’s Westwood neighborhood on October 17, 2023. Emergency responders found him on Ferncrest Court shortly after 8 PM with a gunshot wound to the chest; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting has been classified as a homicide and the Cincinnati Police Department’s Homicide Unit opened an investigation.

Authorities later arrested two suspects, Dairus Hurt and Jashawn Johnson, on April 3, 2024, under an open murder warrant; Johnson was already in custody at the Campbell County Detention Center on an unrelated charge at the time. The motive and exact circumstances leading to the shooting remain unclear as the investigation continues. Anyone with information that could help the investigation is urged to come forward.