Antonio Rayshawn Smith, a 34-year-old Black man from Cincinnati, Ohio, was killed in a shooting on the night of Monday, May 15, 2023. Known to some as T.O., he was in a group in the parking lot of the Budget Host Town Center Motel on Central Parkway when a dispute erupted around 10:40 p.m.

A witness reported that a black pickup truck pulled into the lot and the driver began yelling at an unknown man with Smith’s group. The argument escalated and both the man in the truck and the other man drew guns and exchanged fire. Antonio Smith was struck by multiple bullets and was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he died. Two other people were injured and went to a local hospital for treatment. The Hamilton County Coroner’s Office later confirmed Smith’s identity and the Cincinnati Police Department’s Homicide Unit opened an investigation.

If anyone has information about the shooting or was in the motel parking lot that night, please share what you know with investigators.