Kyle Matthew Mirick, a 25-year-old Caucasian man, was fatally shot on the night of April 12, 2025, in Cincinnati’s Corryville neighborhood, near the University of Cincinnati campus. At about 9:35 p.m., Cincinnati police officers were sent to the 2900 block of Short Vine Street after a shooting was reported. Officers found Mirick suffering from a gunshot wound, and Cincinnati Fire Department personnel transported him to University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
He died from his injuries at the hospital.
The shooting occurred outside a liquor store near East University Avenue and Short Vine Street. Surveillance recordings reviewed by local news organizations showed two masked individuals near Mirick before one of them approached him and produced a handgun. Investigators later alleged that the armed teenager intended to rob Mirick. According to reporting on the juvenile court proceedings, the teenager told detectives that he had noticed what appeared to be expensive chains around Mirick’s neck and a bulge in a pocket that he believed was money. Mirick pushed the gun away and attempted to retreat. He then drew his own firearm, which reporting indicated he was licensed to carry, and gunfire was exchanged. Mirick was struck in the chest. The teenager was also struck multiple times, including suffering an injury to his jaw.
Cincinnati police quickly identified a juvenile suspect and announced the following morning that a 15-year-old had been arrested in connection with Mirick’s killing. Juvenile court records initially listed allegations that included murder, aggravated murder, aggravated robbery and carrying a concealed weapon. The teenager required medical treatment for the wounds he suffered during the exchange of gunfire, and during an April 18 court proceeding his attorneys said he was still experiencing significant pain from those injuries.
Court records and later reporting showed that the accused teenager already had a history in the juvenile justice system. His record dated to age 13 and included an adjudication connected with attempted grand theft. At the time of Mirick’s killing, investigators said the teenager was on probation. Later court proceedings also revealed allegations that he had removed his electronic ankle monitor several days before the shooting. Those circumstances became important as prosecutors sought to have the homicide case transferred out of juvenile court.
Mirick was a father of two. His family described him as devoted to his children and deeply involved with his relatives and community. His obituary said he worked long shifts but still devoted time to helping homeless people and young people, regularly checked in with his parents and other relatives, and attended Crossroads Church. His partner later said that on the night he was killed, he had gone out to get diapers, wipes and formula and never returned home. Mirick had also used the name “John Larry” on social media.
The criminal case continued for more than a year in juvenile court. On April 21, 2026, Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge Stacey DeGraffenreid ruled that the accused could be prosecuted as an adult. The court had already determined there was sufficient evidence for the case to proceed, and the later hearing focused on whether the teenager could be rehabilitated within the remaining time available in the juvenile system. The judge ultimately ordered the transfer to adult court. After the transfer, the defendant was publicly identified as Darayveon Marshall, who had been 15 at the time of the killing and was 16 when the case moved into the adult system.
By May 2026, Marshall was appearing in Hamilton County adult court. Investigators continued to allege that the confrontation began as an attempted robbery and that Mirick tried to escape before he was shot. Marshall pleaded not guilty to reported adult-court charges including aggravated murder, felonious assault and carrying concealed weapons. A judge set his bond at $500,000. As of the latest publicly available reporting located in 2026, the prosecution remained pending, and no trial verdict or conviction had been reported.
