TOLEDO, Ohio — Two men were arrested Friday and charged with murder in the 2020 central Toledo homicide of 19-year-old James Smith Jr, according to the Toledo Police Department. Three people in total have been charged.
Mytaveon Walls, 18, and Kendall Hill, 19, were arrested Friday. Keondre Baker, 19, was arrested and charged with murder in March with Smith's homicide.
Smith was found suffering from at least one gunshot wound nearby the Moody Manor apartment complex and Page Street on June 24, 2020. He later died at the hospital.
Smith Jr.'s father, James Smith Sr., was shot and killed two days prior to his son in east Toledo. Smith Sr. died at a local hospital after getting shot at the Ravine Park Village, according to police. Another shooting victim, 39-year-old Dennison Brown, was also shot and killed in the same incident.
Hill, who was 16 at the time of the shooting, was already in custody at the Lucas County Jail on an unrelated charge when TPD issued a murder warrant for him.
Walls was 15 and Baker was 16 at the time of the shooting.
If you have information, you can call or text Crime Stoppers at 419-255-1111. You can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward.
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