A quiet Easter Sunday in Colerain Township turned tragic on April 9, 2023, when 16-year-old Dameon Hogan, known to some as Dae dae, was fatally shot. The Mt. Healthy High School student was described as laid-back. Reports say multiple gunshots were heard near a shopping plaza at Pippin and Compton Roads around 3:45 p.m., and a witness saw a black car speeding toward Mount Healthy.

Dameon was later driven about a mile and a half before the wounded teen’s vehicle stopped in the parking lot of a Pit Stop at Pippin and Galbraith Roads. People at the gas station heard screams and someone in the car made a frantic 911 call saying their friend had been shot. Colerain Township officers arrived and Dameon died in the parking lot.

The Colerain Township Police Criminal Investigative Unit opened a homicide probe and confirmed the two scenes were connected. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests announced. If anyone has information about the shootings near Pippin and Compton or the Pit Stop at Pippin and Galbraith, please contact the Colerain Township Police.