Khiren Jamarr Willis, 22, was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds on April 25, 2023, at 565 W. Fourth St. in Mansfield, Ohio. Officers responded about 3:45 p.m. No arrests or public suspects had been identified as of May 1, 2023, and investigators had not released additional information.

Khiren, known as Kyro, was born January 24, 2001, in Mansfield to Rochelle Willis and Akil Wade. He is remembered for his smile and piercing eyes, his role as father to daughter Kaior Brielle Bradley-Willis, and for caring for his grandmother Betsey Gail Willis. Survivors include his parents, daughter, siblings Danny Brown Jr., Rogiana Smith, Avondre Swope, Asjon Swope, Tajiuna Lindsay, and Sylas Miller; grandparents Betsey Gail Willis, Ronnie (Carol) Rembert, and Elizabeth Whitten; great-grandmother Claudia Chapman; girlfriend Schlaun Bowens; and bonus son Santana Bowens. He was preceded in death by grandfather Milton Whitten III and best friend Dontarious Bullet Sylvester.

A visitation was held May 8, 2023, at Providence Baptist Church in Mansfield, with funeral services officiated by Pastor Mark Cobb. Khiren had an earlier legal matter in 2019, when he turned himself in and faced a felonious assault charge related to a June 24, 2019, shooting on Brinkerhoff Avenue. The investigation into his 2023 death remains ongoing.

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