CINCINNATI, Ohio, is again looking back at a 2022 Corryville shooting, this time as a murder case. A Hamilton County grand jury on Thursday indicted Richawn Walker on two counts of murder after prosecutors said injuries from that attack led to the death of 33-year-old Brendan Daugherty in June 2025.
Investigators allege Walker pulled up next to Daugherty on West Corry Avenue, assaulted him and fired multiple shots, leaving Daugherty paralyzed until he died. The new indictment follows an earlier criminal case tied to the same shooting.
According to the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office, Walker was indicted on two counts of murder, as reported by WLWT. Prosecutors told the station the county coroner listed Daugherty’s death last June as an apparent homicide that was directly linked to his 2022 gunshot wounds. The prosecutor’s office also said Walker had been charged with felonious assault in October 2022 and later entered a plea deal in that earlier case.
Care At The Drake Center
After the shooting, Daugherty spent years receiving long-term, complex care at the Daniel Drake Center, UC Health's post-acute facility that specializes in ventilator support and spinal cord injury rehabilitation. UC Health lists the Daniel Drake Center at 151 W. Galbraith Road and highlights services such as pulmonary care and ventilator weaning, the same level of intensive treatment Daugherty required. The center became the hub of his prolonged recovery effort.
Baptism And The Coroner's Finding
Local coverage followed a widely shared moment when Drake staff baptized Daugherty while he was still on a ventilator, a stark human detail in the story of his paralysis and long hospitalization. A June 2025 report from WLWT said the coroner ruled Daugherty’s death an apparent homicide tied to the 2022 shooting injuries. Those findings, alongside the timeline of his medical care, framed the prosecutor’s decision to seek murder charges this week.
Charges And What Comes Next
The grand jury indictment sends the case to the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, which handles felony prosecutions in the county, according to the Hamilton County Courts website. The Common Pleas division will set an arraignment date and schedule pretrial hearings, where the case will move through the standard steps of the criminal court process.
As of now, no court date has been released publicly.
