CINCINNATI —

A grieving mother is remembering her son as a devoted father and beloved community member after he was shot and killed in Evanston.

Cincinnati police identified the victim as 25-year-old Jawan Bates. Advertisement

The shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. Friday near Montgomery Road and Brewster Avenue, not far from Xavier University. Police say Bates later arrived at UC Medical Center with a gunshot wound, but he did not survive.

Now, his mother, Monique Norris, is left with the heartbreaking task of explaining his death to her 4-year-old granddaughter.

"He was a father. He wasn't a weekend dad. He was a father," Norris said. "He'd been there since day one, when her mom found out she was pregnant. He did what he needed to do as a father."

Norris believes she knows who t

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