Darrell Hambrick, a 45-year-old Black man, was shot on the south side of Columbus, Ohio, on the afternoon of December 10, 2024. Police responded at approximately 1:25 p.m. to the 700 block of East Moler Street and found Hambrick with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition and died the next day, pronounced at 3:26 p.m. on December 11.

According to court documents, before being transported from the scene Hambrick identified who had shot him. That information led detectives to 39-year-old Haikiem Graham, who was arrested by Columbus Police SWAT officers on December 14 and charged with Hambrick’s murder. Court papers allege Graham confronted Hambrick and an unidentified associate then shot him; Graham has pleaded not guilty and remains in custody awaiting trial.

The same day Graham was arrested, police found three women fatally shot inside a nearby home on South Ohio Avenue. Investigators learned Hambrick had lived at that house and are exploring connections between the cases. Does anyone with information about Hambrick, the East Moler Street shooting, or the South Ohio Avenue deaths contact Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477?