The suspects — aged 13, 14 and 17 — are charged with murder for allegedly shooting Jaycion Bennett, 17, in south Toledo on July 4.
TOLEDO, Ohio — Police have arrested three teenage suspects in the homicide of a 17-year-old in south Toledo on July 4.
The suspects were arrested Monday, according to Toledo police. They are accused of shooting and killing Jaycion Bennett, 17, in the 400 block of Baden Street on Friday.
The suspects, identified by police as a 13-year-old, a 14-year-old and a 17-year-old, are all charged with murder. They had initial court appearances Tuesday.
It is WTOL 11 policy to not name juvenile suspects unless they are tried as adults.
The 13-year-old is not eligible to be tried as an adult, a spokesperson for the Lucas County Prosecutor’s Office said. However, the 14-year-old and 17-year-old could be tried as adults.
At the time of the shooting, all three teens were on probation, according to the prosecutor’s office. The shooting allegedly began as a gun sale with the victim.
Bennett’s death was ruled a homicide caused by gunshot wounds to the chest, back and left upper arm, according to an autopsy report from the Lucas County Coroner’s Office.
Officers responded to the scene in the 400 block of Baden Street at South Avenue, just east of the Anthony Wayne Trail, shortly before 5 p.m. on Friday, and located two victims who had been shot at least once.
Toledo police Lt. Dan Gerken said three people, including Bennett and a female victim, were in a vehicle when it was shot at. The third person was uninjured. The female victim is expected to recover.
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Bennett’s death is one of at least six homicides over the holiday weekend in Toledo.
The deadly violence began in the early morning hours of July 4 with a stabbing in east Toledo that left 35-year-old Marcus White dead. The suspect in White’s death, Paris Johnson, 35, was arrested on murder and felonious assault charges.
Bennett’s death marked the second homicide later that afternoon.
Just after midnight on July 5, near Platt and 1st streets in east Toledo, officers found 20-year-old Salvador Ruiz inside a vehicle and shot at least once. Ruiz died at the hospital.
Minutes after officers located Ruiz, two other shooting victims were located in a crashed car 3 minutes away on Nevada Street, also in east Toledo. Amir Thomas-Clair, 20, was found shot at least once and died at the hospital. A second victim inside the car is hospitalized in critical condition as of Saturday morning.
Early Sunday, a shooting took place outside Agenda Sports Bar and Grill on Matzinger Road in north Toledo, police said. Four victims were wounded in the shooting. Christopher Bourn, 31, died at the scene and a second victim, Stefan Garrett, 37, died at the hospital. Two other victims were hospitalized in critical condition.
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Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz released a statement Sunday afternoon, addressing what he described as “a painful series of violent events” over the holiday weekend.
This article was published by Diane Woodring (WTOL) on 2025-07-08 14:06:00
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