Four juveniles arrested in connection to fatal shooting of a 16-year-old in Avondale

Cincinnati police said four juveniles have been arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old in Avondale in late June. 

Galevon Beauchamp was shot outside of a retail store in the 3500 block of Reading Road. He died three days after the shooting, on June 24, at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. 

According to police, he had been on life-support since he was taken to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. 

A memorial was set up for Beauchamp near where the shooting happened.

On Tuesday, police arrested and charged the four males: a 13-year-old, a 14-year-old, a 16-year-old and a 17-year old, in the shooting. The Enquirer is not naming the suspects because they are juveniles.

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A family friend previously said Beauchamp was crossing Reading Road when a car crept up and someone inside the car shot him in the head.

“You know, he wasn’t doing anything wrong,” Rohveah Anderson told Enquirer Media partner FOX19 after the shooting. “He wasn’t robbing anybody. He wasn’t trying to fight. He was trying to just get to his destination.”

Anderson says Beauchamp was like a nephew to him. Anderson says he’s going to miss the boy’s humor, his company and his passion to get ahead in life.

“Remember him for being a great young man trying to become a man,” Anderson said, adding he’s making custom shirts to honor the late 16-year-old.

Anderson says the boy’s friends called him “pup,” a family name that stuck because of how nice a kid he was.

“He was a kid,” Anderson said of Beauchamp. “He was looking forward to a job. He wasn’t able to get a work history. He wasn’t able to do anything, not even finish school. It’s horrible, every shape and form. We need justice.”

Enquirer Media partner Fox 19 contributed.