SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio — One year after a man was found dead in a parking lot in Springfield, Cincinnati police said they have made an arrest in connection to the incident.

In September 2024, police said 40-year-old Bennie Byrd was found dead in a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds.

Police at the scene last year told us shots were fired in a parking lot near 6531 Winton Road at around 10:04 p.m. Sunday night. After the shots were fired, police said a vehicle sped off before crashing into a pick-up truck parked near the intersection of North Bend Road and Winton Road.

By the time police arrived, the vehicle had come to rest in front of a beauty supply store nearby and officers found Byrd dead inside

The Cincinnati Police Department's (CPD) Homicide Unit, with assistance from the

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