Adrian Allante Johnson was 14 when he was shot during an altercation that began inside a home in south Toledo and spilled outside on the evening of July 19, 2023. Officers responding to the 4000 block of Heatherdowns Boulevard found Adrian with at least one gunshot wound; first responders treated him at the scene and he was taken to a hospital, where he later died. An autopsy by the Lucas County Coroner’s Office ruled the death a homicide caused by two gunshot wounds to the torso.

Toledo Police detectives identified a minor at the time of the shooting, Zammarion Candie, as the suspect. After his arrest, he was certified to be tried as an adult and a grand jury returned an indictment charging him with murder and felonious assault. Adrian’s family described themselves as devastated by his death, which happened just weeks before he would have turned 15.

If anyone in south Toledo that night saw what happened on Heatherdowns Boulevard or has information about the altercation, please come forward.