Robert Pedelose

Robert Pedelose was a 72-year-old man whose life was cut short by gunfire on a summer night in Toledo, Ohio. Just after 10 p.m. on August 8, 2020, police were called to the 1200 block of Navarre Avenue in East Toledo on a report of a person shot. Officers arrived to find Mr. Pedelose suffering from at least one gunshot wound. He was rushed to St. Vincent Medical Center, but he did not survive his injuries.

The investigation into the shooting moved swiftly, and authorities quickly identified two suspects. The day after the incident, police arrested 20-year-old Anthony Perry in connection with the homicide. A murder warrant was also issued for a second man, 21-year-old Robert MacKay. On the morning of August 10, two days after the shooting, MacKay turned himself in to police.

Both Perry and MacKay were initially charged with murder. They appeared in court on the same day MacKay surrendered, and a judge set bond for each man at $1 million. Their preliminary hearings were scheduled for later in August 2020 as the legal process began.

In March 2022, both men were sentenced for their roles in the killing. Robert MacKay pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and multiple weapons charges and was sentenced to a prison term of 15 to 22 years. Anthony Perry entered an Alford plea to complicity in the commission of voluntary manslaughter and other weapons charges; his initial murder and felonious assault charges were dropped. He was sentenced to serve 10 to 14 years in prison.