Qasseem Dixon, 25, and Ryan Brown, 27, are both accused of murdering nine-year-old Da'Myiah Barton-Pickens in a drive-by shooting."The motive for this aggravated murder is in retaliation for a robbery," said Dave Wood, assistant prosecutor for Hamilton County. Investigators said Brown recruited Dixon to shoot up the home on Plainfield Road because of a drug dispute involving one of Da'Myiah's relatives.Both defense attorneys said their clients did not have any criminal history involving violence.WLWT decided to look into that.Hamilton County juvenile court records show Dixon first faced criminal charges when he was 14 years old.He was charged with assault, disorderly conduct and aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon -- a firearm.Other charges such as possession of marijuana and receiving stolen property followed him through his teenage years.Dixon has been in and out of jail or prison almost every year of his adult life."This defendant's history while out on bond is atrocious," Wood said. Records show the father of three was sent to prison for having weapons on him in 2017."Once he got out of the Department of Corrections, within less than a year, he was charged with possession of cocaine. He posted that bond, and within 14 days, he picked up a new felony fleeing and eluding that he was ultimately convicted of," Wood said. "While he posted those two bonds, he picked up a third indictment of having weapons under disability and posting bonds on all those indictments, he picked up a fourth indictment for possession of fentanyl."Dixon served a 36-month prison sentence.Brown also has a rap sheet.From what WLWT was able to find, he didn't start committing crimes until he was an adult.Records show he has a carrying concealed weapons conviction in 2020 and multiple possession of drugs charges between 2015 and this year."He currently has a pending aggravated possession of drugs. He was charged with having more than the bulk amount of Oxycodone. It's a felony of the third degree," Wood said. The two suspects now face the most serious crime a person can face in Ohio, aggravated murder.Dixon is being held in the Hamilton County Justice Center on a $2.5 million bond. Brown's bond was set at $2 million.

A Silverton dad said he spent hours on Wednesday in search of a COVID-19 test for a child, but he said it was no easy task.He said many places were busy, with lines, and some had no appointments.Derek Drifmeyer said he offered to help a friend whose 11-year-old daughter was feeling pretty lousy.Little did he know, it would turn into an hours-long trip for a test."I felt bad for her. We're driving all over town trying to find a place to get a test and she's sick, just wants to be at home resting," Drifmeyer said.He said finding a COVID-19 test for his friend's daughter took more than four hours, starting at about 10 a.m."Went to Walgreens to buy a test. Found out that they were sold out of the take-home tests. Tried to schedule a test with CVS. Every location I tried, it was booked up. Same with Walgreens," Drifmeyer said.After trying an urgent care, where people were waiting in line for a test, Drifmeyer said they were eventually able to get a test at her primary care provider in a garage.The Ohio Department of Health said it is expanding testing as demand soars."We also continue to see rising numbers of Ohioans tested for COVID-19 and increasing positivity rates now hovering at a seven-day average 13.3 percent. Testing is an important strategy to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. If you're concerned that you might have COVID there are many options for testing," Ohio Chief Medical Officer Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff said. "In addition to being able to get a test at many pharmacies and community providers, we've also partnered with many of our libraries and local health departments, where you can pick up a free, rapid BinaxNOW test, which can be administered from the comfort of your home with the help of a telehealth provider."Vanderhoff said demand for testing is high, so he urged everyone to make sure a test is available by searching a map on the Ohio Coronavirus website to find a provider.At the same time, officials warn that emergency rooms are not for routine testing."We need to be able to provide our community with the very best, efficient and quick care for acute conditions," Premier Health System Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marc Belcastro said.Drifmeyer said the entire COVID-19 situation is frustrating.He said people should wear masks, get vaccinated if they can and keep trying for a test."We were doing well with COVID the numbers were down and people got pretty lax and now they're shooting back up," Drifmeyer said.He also said he recovered from a breakthrough case himself about a month or so ago.Walgreens did not respond to our request for comment.CVS Health told us testing has been in high demand, but stores have been able to keep up with it in most locations.A spokesman told us people can purchase at-home COVID-19 tests over the counter, limited to six per person, or they can be purchased online and delivered to their door in 24 to 48 hours.CVS Health provided this statement to WLWT:"Daily COVID-19 testing volume is currently running ahead of average daily volume year-to-date, and significantly ahead of average daily volume in the second quarter. COVID-19 home test kits are the top-selling item in our stores.We continue to be able to meet the demand for COVID-19 testing in most locations, even with increasing numbers of patients seeking out tests at one of our nearly 5,000 CVS Pharmacy locations across the country offering testing with same day and future day appointments in most geographies. Patients are encouraged to schedule an appointment on CVS.com or the CVS Pharmacy app, where they have the option to seek either a rapid COVID-19 test, with results available within hours, or a COVID-19 test at the pharmacy drive-thru windows. The self-swab collected at the CVS Pharmacy drive-thru window is processed by an independent, third-party lab and those results are generally available within 1-2 days."CVS Health said it has also established a new partnership to expand the availability of at-home COVID-19 testing kits in 7,000 of its stores as of last week.According to CVS Health, it is partnering with Quidel Corporation to make its "non-prescription QuickVue® At-Home OTC COVID-19 Test" available at thousands of locations across the United States and online.CVS said the packages contain two self-administered rapid antigen tests.

All eyes were watching in anticipation of the announcement of Ohio's first $1 million Vax-a-Million lottery winner.Ohio Lottery officials announced the winner at 7:29 p.m. Wednesday and it was Abbigail Bugenske, of Silverton, Ohio.Silverton is a village in Hamilton County that is about 11 miles northeast of Cincinnati."My friend texted me and said, 'oh my goodness, somebody from Silverton just won the Vax-a-Million!" said Colleen Noble of Silverton.The small, quiet village of Silverton was buzzing with excitement Wednesday night."I think that it is really nice that someone in my community won the Vax-a-Million," said Rosie Noble of Silverton.The $1 million winner lives in the Hamilton County community where only 5,000 people call home.According to Bugenske's LinkedIn page, she currently works at GE Aviation right here in Cincinnati.She's also an Ohio State University student pursuing a master's in aerospace engineering and graduated from Michigan State University in August of last year.Steve Williams has lived in Silverton for more than 30 years."I went outside to trim the yard and she came running out and said they won from here. And I thought oh my goodness!" he said.He never thought someone in Silverton would get lucky."Unbelievable. Great for this area," Williams said."It's so exciting! I love it. I love it for Silverton because I think we have a great neighborhood," Noble said.Joseph Costello of Englewood, Ohio, won a full-ride college scholarship in the Vax-a-Million drawing Wednesday.The winners were selected in a random drawing Monday and had their information confirmed before the formal announcement at the end of the Ohio Lottery’s Cash Explosion TV show.“We’re excited that this has inspired so many Ohioans to get vaccinated, and we’re thrilled to announce the winners of the first round of drawings,” said Gov. Mike DeWine.More than 2.7 million adults signed up for the $1 million prize and more than 104,000 children ages 12 to 17 entered the drawing for the college scholarship, which includes tuition, room and board, and books. Four more $1 million and college scholarship winners will be announced each Wednesday for the next four weeks.DeWine, a Republican, announced the program May 12 to boost lagging vaccination rates.The Ohio Lottery conducted the first drawing Monday afternoon at its draw studio in Cleveland using a random number generator to pick the winners ahead of time and then confirmed the eligibility of the ultimate winner.This is merely the first grouping of winners. Four more Wednesday announcements will follow, announcing eight more winners: Four additional $1 million winners, and four more recipients of a full-ride scholarship.WLWT is working to learn more about the winners and will update this story as details develop.