On July 14, 2023, 18-year-old Tay Green of Westerville attended an impromptu pool party at the Lake Forest Apartments near Sunbury Road in northeast Columbus where, according to prosecutors, he was shot multiple times during an alleged robbery. He was taken to Mount Carmel East Hospital and died early the following morning. Two teenagers, 16-year-old Andrez Kelley and 15-year-old D’Angelo Harris, were arrested and charged with aggravated murder and aggravated robbery; prosecutors say Green suffered three gunshot wounds to the chest.

Harris’s attorney has suggested a possible self-defense claim and argued Harris did not fire the shots. There were also court discussions about whether the two should be tried as adults. Green was a Westerville South High School student enrolled in automotive collision repair classes and planned to move to Florida to open a body shop and start a family.

If anyone attended that gathering or has information about what happened that night, please come forward.