William Daunte Gibson-Roberson was a 17-year-old Black male whose life was cut short after a shooting in Cincinnati’s Bond Hill neighborhood. On the evening of September 26, 2022, Cincinnati police officers were sent to the 1300 block of Ryland Avenue after receiving a report that someone had been shot. When officers arrived, they found William suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.
Some public case records associate his death with September 26, while his funeral-home obituary lists September 27, 2022, indicating that he may have survived into the following day.
Known to relatives and friends as William, Daunte, or “Skep,” he had been born and raised in Cincinnati and was attending Queen City Career Prep School as a junior. He had previously attended Lakeview Junior High School and Pickerington North High School. Those who remembered him described a teenager with a wide range of interests and talents. He enjoyed drawing and was regarded as a gifted young artist, while also expressing himself through rap music. He loved sports, played video games, and was particularly fond of Fortnite. His obituary portrayed him as outgoing, confident, deeply connected to his mother, and surrounded by a large family that included numerous siblings and extended relatives.
Although William died shortly after the shooting, the criminal investigation did not immediately result in a homicide arrest. Authorities continued examining the circumstances surrounding the gunfire and awaited a formal determination from the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office. On January 26, 2023, approximately four months after the shooting, the coroner officially classified William’s death as a homicide. That ruling allowed investigators to move forward with a criminal case based on the conclusion that the gunshot had been caused by another person.
The following day, Cincinnati police arrested 22-year-old Craig Gibson. He was accused of causing William’s death and was charged with negligent homicide, an allegation indicating that investigators believed the fatal shooting resulted from criminal negligence rather than an intentional killing. News reports did not explain exactly how the firearm was discharged, what events preceded the shooting, or what evidence led detectives to conclude that Craig Gibson was responsible. Police also declined to publicly identify the relationship between the two at the time of the arrest, although William’s obituary identified a brother named Craig among his family members. Authorities did not publicly confirm whether the arrested man was that relative, and the similarity should not be treated as proof of their relationship.
The negligent-homicide charge was the only publicly reported criminal charge directly connected to William’s death. Available news coverage documented Craig Gibson’s arrest but did not provide a detailed account of later court proceedings, a trial, a plea agreement, a conviction, or a sentence. Police described the homicide investigation as continuing after the arrest and asked anyone with additional knowledge of the shooting to contact the Cincinnati Police Department’s Homicide Unit. William’s death left his family mourning a teenager remembered not merely as the victim of a shooting, but as a creative student, aspiring musician, sports enthusiast, gamer, son, brother, and friend whose future ended before he had the opportunity to fully pursue it.
