Delrico S. Stephens was fatally shot in central Toledo on August 21, 2023. The 21-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to the head near North Detroit and Prospect avenues after officers received a ShotSpotter alert for seven gunshots around 2 p.m. He was taken to ProMedica Toledo Hospital in critical condition and died later that night; the Lucas County Coroner’s Office ruled the death a homicide by gunshot wound to the head.

Witnesses said the shooting followed an argument outside a nearby carryout. No arrests were announced immediately and the Toledo Police Department continued to investigate. The killing was counted as the city’s 22nd homicide in 2023, 19 of those shootings, compared with 36 homicides by the same date in 2022.

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