On April 18, 2023, 16-year-old Jeremy Allen Heglar Jr., known as Lil Jeremy, was shot and later died following a drug transaction in Columbus, Ohio. The meeting took place about 8:50 p.m. in the 2900 block of East 10th Avenue, where Heglar and a 16-year-old female companion had arranged to buy drugs from 19-year-old Antonie Moss Jr. and 18-year-old Cayon Drake. Moss and Drake entered the back seat of Heglar’s vehicle and both produced firearms; Heglar returned fire, killing Moss and wounding Drake, who then fled after firing additional rounds into the vehicle.

Moss was found dead at the scene; Heglar was taken to Grant Medical Center and later succumbed to his injuries. The female passenger was not hurt. Heglar was remembered by family as outgoing and entrepreneurial; he attended Columbus Arts and Technology Academy and Urban Scholars Academy and worked at his uncle’s restaurant and at McDonald’s.

If anyone knew Jeremy or was in that neighborhood that night, please share what you remember.