12-Year-Old Killed in Cincinnati Car Theft Incident
A violent summer in Cincinnati has claimed another young life, 12-year-old Nehemiah McMillon. Late Sunday night, police say Nehemiah was inside a car that was reportedly being stolen from Winton Ridge Lane when the vehicle came under gunfire.
The man who fired, 31-year-old Darius McGrew, told police the car was his and that it had been taken from outside his home.
As the vehicle drove away, he allegedly shot at it multiple times. When police located the car two and a half miles away on Estes Drive, they found Nehemiah unresponsive in the back seat. He was rushed to the hospital but did not survive.
While the total number of shootings in Cincinnati is down from last year, violence against children is rising. So far in 2025, 24 juveniles have been shot, five of them fatally, compared to 19 juvenile shootings and two deaths by this time in 2024.
Nehemiah’s death underscores a harsh reality: the city’s youth are increasingly caught in the crossfire. Each number in these statistics is a child, a family in mourning, and a future lost. Nehemiah’s death is more than a tragic statistic; it is a violation of his right to life.
