On June 12, 2023, 43-year-old James Maurice Hicks was fatally shot in his residence on Queen City Avenue in Cincinnati's South Fairmount neighborhood. Responding to a welfare check around noon, Cincinnati police discovered Hicks deceased from a gunshot wound.
Authorities arrested 27-year-old Johntyn Kirkland, identified as Hicks' stepson, in connection with the shooting. Kirkland was charged with murder, and his bond was set at $1.5 million.
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