Cievion Smith, age 32, a male and Black resident of Fairborn, Ohio, was shot on the night of June 9, 2025, near June Drive and Williams Street. Officers were dispatched around 10:38 p.m. for reports of gunfire and found Cievion Smith with multiple gunshot wounds. Neighbors and friends said an argument had preceded the gunfire and later gathered a small memorial that reflected his love of video games and Star Wars.
He was identified publicly as the 32-year-old victim of the shooting, which the Gun Violence Archive also recorded at the same intersection and date.
Investigators quickly focused on a suspect, 38-year-old Brandon D. Peters of Fairborn. Within three days of the killing, Fairborn detectives secured a probable-cause warrant, and Peters was located on June 12 in Oak Grove, Kentucky. Oak Grove Police took him into custody, and authorities indicated he would await extradition back to Ohio. Local outlets reported the arrest the same day, noting that he had been identified in connection with the fatal shooting of Cievion Smith.
On July 9, 2025, a Greene County grand jury indicted Brandon D. Peters on three counts of murder and two counts of felonious assault, with “drive-by shooting” specifications for discharging a firearm from a vehicle. Subsequent reporting outlined scheduled court dates as the case moved through Greene County Common Pleas Court. These filings and reports frame the official record of the arrest and charges connected to the killing of Cievion Smith, age 32, in Fairborn on June 9, 2025.
