Terrell Donnell Howell, 26, a Black male, was shot on the morning of June 5, 2025, inside a home on Byrd Avenue in the village of Lincoln Heights, just north of Cincinnati. Deputies with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office responded around 8:45 a.m., found Howell wounded, and he was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead. Investigators said the shooting was an isolated incident between two people who knew each other.
Detectives and court records describe a meeting that morning to retrieve personal property after a recently ended relationship. According to an affidavit summarized in news reports, Howell asked for his wallet while collecting his things; Timothy Devon Shoulders allegedly produced a firearm and fired a single shot that struck Howell in the face. Witnesses told investigators there was no physical altercation—only a “back and forth” argument—before the shot.
Shoulders, 41, was taken into custody at the scene and later charged with one count of murder and one count of felonious assault. He was arraigned on June 6, 2025; a judge ordered him held on $1.5 million bond, and investigators emphasized that the case involved two acquaintances. Memorial and victim records identify Howell by name and confirm the date and place of his death.
