The parents of a 21-year-old University of Cincinnati student who was killed while trying to stop two men from breaking into his car are pleading for justice in the case.
Benjamin Addison was killed in the early morning hours of March 30 as he tried to stop two men who were breaking into his car outside his off-campus apartment.
"This is a nightmare," said Yeshi Legacy, Benjamin's mother told WLWT-TV. "I kept thinking, any minute I'm just going to wake up and think, this is a horrible dream."
Cincinnati Police say they got the call at approximately 2:15 a.m. for a person shot on Highland Ave.
The Cincinnati Fire Department responded and attempted life-saving measures on Addison but he died at the scene.
Police said that there were no suspects or arrests in the case and the homicide unit was looking for anyone with information to come forward.
We're begging if you know something please, please call the police," Yeshi Leggesse said.
"We know he's saved, we know right now he's in heaven, that's the only thing that's keeping us going," Joe Addison, Benjamin's father, told WCPO-TV.
Addison was a junior at UC's College of Business and chose to live at home while attending UC to be closer to his parents.
"Every day he'd come home, hug, kiss, tell us he loved us," Joe Addison told WCPO-TV. "It's just a blended family. Yeshi, she's from Ethiopia. I'm from America. She's Black, I'm white. He was the epitome of a perfect blend."
A GoFundMe for the family has raised more than $16,000.
