Michael Johnson was 22 when he was fatally shot on May 5, 2011, in Avondale, Cincinnati. Officers responding to reports of gunfire located Johnson near Reading Road and Blair Avenue; he was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and pronounced dead on arrival.

The investigation remained open for seven years before an arrest was made in 2018, when Treymane Watson Jr. was charged with aggravated murder in connection with Johnson’s death. The Cincinnati Police Department’s homicide unit continues to investigate and seek additional information and leads in the case.

If anyone has information about Michael Johnson, the shooting that night, or events near Reading Road and Blair Avenue, please contact the Cincinnati Police Department’s homicide unit.