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Cold case: Who killed Sylvania Township drummer Darryl Stipes in 2012? | 11 Investigates
The murder is still unsolved nearly 10 years after he was shot four times outside his home.
Author: Melissa Andrews
11 Investigates | Who killed Darryl Stipes in 2012? | wtol.com
''November 24, 2021
TOLEDO, Ohio — Darryl Stipes was a popular drummer, known throughout Toledo's music scene for decades.
But his music was silenced on June 21, 2012, when he was shot four times in front of his Waldmar Avenue home in Sylvania Township.
He lived long enough to call for help himself.
"He was the 911 caller," said Detective Sergeant Lee McKinney of the Sylvania Township Police Department. "He called and said that he'd been shot."
J. Mykol grew up with Stipes in the Old South End.
"When you kill a musician like that and murder 'em, it affects more than just his immediate family and those around him," he said. "It affects people who heard his music and heard him play and how it affected their heart and soul over time, you don't forget that. When you hear a band play your favorite song and do it very well, that stays with you. So there's many, many people in this town that remember Darryl."
Credit: WTOL 11
Darryl told the 911 dispatcher two men shot him - one Black and one white. Both were wearing hoodies.
Here is a portion of the transcript of the 911 call:
"911."
"I've been shot four times."
"What's your name?"
"Darryl Stipes."
"Darryl, what's going on there?"
"I've been robbed. Four shots. I'm dying."
"You've been shot?"
"Yes."
''Darryl died about a half hour later at Toledo Hospital.
"Every time I hear a Carlos Santana song or different songs, he'll pop right in my head like it was yesterday," Mykol said.
Mykol talked to WTOL 11 at Levis Square in downtown Toledo, one of many places where he and Darryl used to play around town.
"We'd do weekend all day bands, we'd set up different bands, let 'em play for an hour and then change 'em out," he said. "Every little corner you could get a gig in, that's where you played at, that's what you still do today."
WTOL
11 Investigates
Cold case: Who killed Sylvania Township drummer Darryl Stipes in 2012? | 11 Investigates
The murder is still unsolved nearly 10 years after he was shot four times outside his home.
Author: Melissa Andrews
11 Investigates | Who killed Darryl Stipes in 2012? | wtol.com
''November 24, 2021
TOLEDO, Ohio — Darryl Stipes was a popular drummer, known throughout Toledo's music scene for decades.
But his music was silenced on June 21, 2012, when he was shot four times in front of his Waldmar Avenue home in Sylvania Township.
He lived long enough to call for help himself.
"He was the 911 caller," said Detective Sergeant Lee McKinney of the Sylvania Township Police Department. "He called and said that he'd been shot."
J. Mykol grew up with Stipes in the Old South End.
"When you kill a musician like that and murder 'em, it affects more than just his immediate family and those around him," he said. "It affects people who heard his music and heard him play and how it affected their heart and soul over time, you don't forget that. When you hear a band play your favorite song and do it very well, that stays with you. So there's many, many people in this town that remember Darryl."
Credit: WTOL 11
Darryl told the 911 dispatcher two men shot him - one Black and one white. Both were wearing hoodies.
Here is a portion of the transcript of the 911 call:
"911."
"I've been shot four times."
"What's your name?"
"Darryl Stipes."
"Darryl, what's going on there?"
"I've been robbed. Four shots. I'm dying."
"You've been shot?"
"Yes."
''Darryl died about a half hour later at Toledo Hospital.
"Every time I hear a Carlos Santana song or different songs, he'll pop right in my head like it was yesterday," Mykol said.
Mykol talked to WTOL 11 at Levis Square in downtown Toledo, one of many places where he and Darryl used to play around town.
"We'd do weekend all day bands, we'd set up different bands, let 'em play for an hour and then change 'em out," he said. "Every little corner you could get a gig in, that's where you played at, that's what you still do today."
