CINCINNATI — A man has been arrested and charged with the murder of a man found dead inside a Roselawn apartment on Monday.
Keenan Ross, 26, is accused of killing a man who has not yet been identified by authorities. That man was found murdered inside an apartment in Roselawn on Monday, according to Cincinnati police.
In a press release issued Wednesday, CPD said officers were called to the 7600 block of Reading Road at around 2:55 p.m. that day after someone called 911 and reporting that a person was unresponsive.
When police got there, they found a 69-year-old man dead inside one of the apartments in the building, police said.
According to CPD, the Hamilton County Coroner's Office has ruled the man's death a homicide; the coroner's office has not yet released the man's identity.
In court Friday morning, Ross' defense attorney said the murder was self defense, claiming the victim was purchasing drugs from him and grew upset when he felt he'd been shorted.
"My client was on the couch in (the victim's) apartment and at one point the deceased attacked him on the couch," said Ross' attorney. "My client defended himself, so this is a case of self defense."
The prosecution did not argue, nor did they offer additional information about what happened that day.
A judge ordered Ross held on a $1 million bond.
Neither CPD nor the coroner's office has released information on the cause of the man's death.
CPD is asking anyone who may have information on the murder to call the homicide unit at 513.352.3542.
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