Deon’te Ravon Taylor, a 30-year-old Black man, was killed on May 5, 2023, in the apartment he shared with his girlfriend in Willoughby, Ohio. Officers first responded to a disturbance at the Oakhill Apartments around 2 a.m.; Deon’te and his girlfriend, 32-year-old Ashley Deziree Doss, told police they had been arguing but both wished to remain together, so officers left. Just over an hour later, at 3:20 a.m., Doss called 911 saying her boyfriend had been shot and needed an ambulance, then admitted to Willoughby dispatch that she had shot him.

Officers found Deon’te unresponsive in the bedroom with a gunshot wound; he was taken to University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center and pronounced dead. Detectives interviewed Doss, who was arrested and initially charged with murder, felonious assault, and domestic violence. She was arraigned on May 8, 2023, and held without bond. A Lake County grand jury later indicted Doss on aggravated murder, murder, and felonious assault; she pleaded not guilty on August 31, 2023, and remained in custody as the case moved forward.

Are there readers who knew Deon’te or have information that could help clarify what happened that night?