Mr. Keys and his wife, Charae Williams Keys, were getting into their car after a Father’s Day visit in 2021 with her grandparents in a leafy neighborhood near Walnut Hill Park in Columbus, Ohio.
A 72-year-old neighbor carrying a rifle accosted them in the belief, he later told the police, that Mr. Keys had let the air out of his daughter’s tires and poisoned his lawn.
It took a moment for everyone to realize that the shots had come from a fourth gun across the street.
Elias Smith, a 24-year-old ex-Marine, had stepped to his front door with a so-called ghost gun, an AR-style rifle that Mr. Smith had assembled from parts ordered online.
Within seconds, he opened fire, hitting Mr. Keys five times.
Persons:
Jason Keys, Keys, Charae Williams, Elias Smith, Smith
Locations:
Walnut Hill, Columbus , Ohio