Marquia Hunter

On the night of March 16, 2025, a friend of Marquia Hunter made a frantic 911 call in Dayton, Ohio. He told dispatchers he heard gunfire outside and saw a woman on the ground near the City View Terrace apartments. Believing it was his friend, who had told him she was having domestic violence issues, he said, “I think he just shot her outside.” When Dayton police arrived at the 4300 block of City View Terrace around 11:20 p.m., they found his fears were realized. Marquia Hunter, a 38-year-old Black woman, was deceased in the driveway of an apartment unit.

Investigators quickly focused on Terrell Johnson, then 45, who had previously been in a domestic relationship with Hunter. The investigation revealed that at the time of the shooting, Hunter had an active protection order against Johnson, and he had a prior conviction for violating a protection order. Using a combination of witness statements, cellphone analysis, and surveillance video, police identified Johnson as the suspect. He was arrested the following day, on March 17, 2025.

A grand jury indicted Johnson on seven counts: two counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault, one count of tampering with evidence, and two counts of violating a protection order. He was held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2 million bond while awaiting trial.

Johnson opted for a bench trial, where a judge decides the verdict instead of a jury. The judge found him guilty of all charges, including two counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault, tampering with evidence, and two counts of violating a protection order.

In March 2026, Terrell Johnson was sentenced to serve 22 years to life in prison for the murder of Marquia Hunter. The terms of his sentence also stipulated that upon his eventual release, he would be under mandatory supervision and must register as a violent offender for ten years.