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Police ID victim in city's 1st city homicide of 2020

Police identified the victim as Olajidai Crenshaw, 31. The shooting happened in the 600 block of Russell Street near Stickney Avenue.

TOLEDO, Ohio — A man is dead after a shooting happened in north Toledo on Thursday night. 

The shooting happened in the 600 block of Russell Street near Stickney Avenue.

On Friday, police identified the victim as Olajidai Crenshaw,
31.

Toledo police received a call for the shooting just after 8:30 p.m. on Thursday.

When police arrived on scene, they found a black male in a field behind a home near the intersection of Russell and Higgins Street.

Police say the victim was shot at least once and was pronounced dead at the scene. No suspects have been named or arrested. 

This is the first homicide in 2020 for Toledo and remains an ongoing investigation.

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