TOLEDO, Ohio — Officials with the Lucas County Coroner's office have identified 14-year-old Tayshaun Smith-Davis as the Black male who was found dead in central Toledo early Monday morning.
Police say around 12:13 a.m. they were dispatched to Pinewood and Brown on a shots-fired call.
Officers found Smith-Davis dead when they arrived at the scene
Officials with the coroner's office say the cause of death is a gunshot wound to the neck.
The final ruling of death is pending toxicology
Police have opened a homicide investigation into the shooting. This is the 46th homicide in Toledo this year.
If you have any information, you are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 419-255-1111.