Jonathan Tylee Ash was an 18-year-old Black man from Mansfield, Ohio, remembered by family as a loving son and brother who was laid back and avoided conflict. He lived with his brother and worked at Jay Industries Incorporated.

On the afternoon of June 8, 2023, callers reported gunshots and a car crash near North Lake Park on West Fourth Street. Officers found a grey Chevy Malibu crashed into a sandstone pillar and discovered 18-year-old Nathan Carroll inside; an autopsy later showed he had been shot twice. Jonathan Ash was found on the ground beside the driver’s door, critically injured and flown to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in Columbus. He died of his injuries on June 21, 2023, surrounded by family.

Mansfield detectives concluded the shooting occurred inside the vehicle and say a young adult male suspect ran on foot into nearby Middle Park; searches did not locate him. The investigation was active as of late June 2023 and no arrests had been announced. Did anyone in Mansfield see the car or the person who ran into Middle Park that day?