Sidney Green, a 64-year-old man from Lebanon, Ohio, was tragically shot and killed on December 2, 2016. The incident occurred in the apartment he shared with his son, Freddie Green. Freddie Green, aged 42 at the time, called 911 to report that he had shot his father. When police arrived at the scene, they found Sidney Green dead from a gunshot wound.
Freddie Green was subsequently arrested and charged with felonious assault and domestic violence.
The case went to trial, and Freddie Green claimed he shot his father in self-defense, fearing for his own life. However, the jury did not accept this defense. In October 2017, Freddie Green was found guilty of murder and felonious assault with gun specifications. He was sentenced to 18 years to life in prison. The court heard that Freddie Green had waited four hours before calling 911 and had even driven to Dayton to buy heroin during that time.
This tragic event was part of a larger pattern of domestic violence in Warren County, Ohio, which saw several such cases in the latter half of 2016. Sidney Green's death was one of six domestic violence-related homicides in the county during that period.
The loss of Sidney Green, a father and grandfather, deeply affected his family and community. His obituary noted that he was a member of the Full Gospel Out Reach Church and was survived by five children and several grandchildren. The community remembered him fondly and held a funeral service to honor his memory.
