On April 16, 2024, 40-year-old Theodore Ted John Block was fatally shot in the 5000 block of Kilby Road in Whitewater Township, Ohio. Deputies with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of gunfire about 6 p.m. and found Block deceased at the scene. Prosecutors allege Block was shot five times after a verbal altercation with his neighbor, 24-year-old Cole Anthony Hornsby, who was arrested at the scene and reportedly was standing over Block with a firearm when officers arrived.

Hornsby, who has a prior criminal record in Indiana, was charged with murder and held on $750,000 bond. Ted Block was born November 25, 1983, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and is survived by his wife Kristina; children Isaiah, Landyn, and Alyiah; stepchildren Felisha, Hannah, and J.R. Connelly; grandchildren Zayden Jent and Ariana Franklin; and siblings Jamie Stepp and Susan Crooks. A public visitation was held April 23, 2024, and he was buried at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. A fundraiser was organized to help with funeral expenses.

Are there readers who knew Ted or who have information about what happened that evening?