A fight at a party in the early morning hours of September 6, 2014, at the Columbus fairgrounds escalated into deadly violence. Joshua Anthony Richardson, 24, was with Tevin Harris when an argument between Harris and Quinton Erby was broken up. Around 1:30 a.m. a nearby shooting sent one person to the hospital; about five hours later family members found Richardson’s body in bushes behind an apartment complex near Cherry and Peach streets with a fatal gunshot wound.

Investigators arrested two brothers in connection with the killing. Quinton Erby was charged with murder three days after the shooting and later admitted to firing the shot; he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in spring 2018 and received a 20-year sentence. His brother, Kirby Erby, was also arrested and charged. Richardson’s mother, Lillie Richardson, struggled with anger and a desire for justice but later confronted her feelings after learning Quinton had expressed remorse and apologized to her family.

If anyone knew Joshua, his movements that night, or has information about the events near Cherry and Peach streets, please share what you know.