On the evening of May 12, 2023, 22-year-old Jawaun Micheal Fain was shot and killed inside his Clintonville apartment in Columbus, Ohio. Officers arrived on the 3200 block of North High Street around 9:18 p.m.; Fain was found with a gunshot wound and pronounced dead at 9:27 p.m. Investigators say shots were fired into his residence and at least one round struck him.

Born December 12, 2000, to Kila Townsel and Jon Fain, Jawaun graduated high school, played basketball when younger and wrote music. Family remember him as loyal and family-oriented; he is survived by siblings Davonn and Stefon Morgan, sisters Bella Carter and Ashley Wood, and two nieces, Isreal and Ayanna Morgan. His funeral was held May 26, 2023, at the Clintonville Chapel.

No arrests have been announced and police have not named suspects; anyone with information is asked to contact the Columbus Division of Police homicide unit or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers. Did anyone in the Clintonville area see or hear anything that night?