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The heartbroken sister of a man shot dead outside his ex-girlfriend’s home by her father says his killer ‘lay in wait’ to attack her brother.
James Rayl, 22, was shot three times by Michell Duckro, 52, after he showed up unannounced to their home on July 31 in Sidney, Ohio.
Rayl had dated Duckro’s daughter, Allyson, 22, previously but the pair broke up a year and a half before the tragic incident.
And now Rayl’s stricken sister Jessica Colbert, 28, has shared her fury and anguish with DailyMail.com
Colbert also believes that the Shelby County Sheriff’s department had a ‘bias’ towards Allyson because she had previously worked as a dispatcher.
She told DailyMail.com: ‘From my knowledge the family has connections to the Sheriff’s department and there is an extreme bias.
‘Ally worked as dispatcher for the office and Duckro is friends with the Sherriff.’
His family are calling for a full investigation into his death, claiming that police only spent two hours at the crime scene after his death.
They believe that he could have gone to the property to be there for Allyson, to talk to her after getting in contact the night before.
Jessica Colbert, pictured with her younger brother James, is calling for a full investigation into the circumstances around his death
James Rayl, 22, was shot three times by Michell Duckro, 52, after he showed up unannounced to their home on July 31
Mitch Duckro, 52, and his daughter Allyson, 22, can be seen here talking to Shelby County Sheriff’s officers for the first time
Jessica said: ‘It bothers us because that’s our family member and there wasn’t an investigation.
‘We have no idea how it could have possibly gone to what it went to within a few minutes that he was there.
‘That is one of the biggest things we don’t understand and its upsetting because it was truly never looked into.
‘I’m not even sure why they said ex-boyfriend, they dated on and off, it was never a happily ever after, love you forever thing it was amicable.
‘They always settled on just being friends. It worked well that way always wanted to end on good terms. It always worked out well on their end their relationship with each.
‘We are pushing for, at minimum, a full investigation, I feel like that’s a very fair thing to ask for them to simply just look into the death and not just to take the word of the people that still have a voice.’
Jessica also denied that Rayl, one of six siblings, was ever abusive towards Allyson, and said that she had ‘never heard’ of him taking drugs.
The family also say that the grand jury’s ruling was ‘upsetting’ and they are calling for some changes to be made to the law which protects homeowners. They have paid tribute to ‘sweet and goofy’ Rayl, and say that he would ‘bring joy’ to anyone he came into contact with.
Allyson appears to be smiling in an interview with officers, and was heard in a 911 call telling her dad he ‘saved her life’ after Rayl allegedly tried to break into the home
They have paid tribute to ‘sweet and goofy’ Rayl, and say that he would ‘bring joy’ to anyone he came into contact with.
She added: ‘I literally have never even heard of being on the things that she said that he was.
‘Where she got that idea at all and if she if he looked to her like he was on acid then I wonder why they didn’t say that on the 911 call as they lay in wait to shoot him.
‘James was someone to always talk things out and he truly took everyone’s opinions to heart.
‘He was someone who would reach out to me and my mother about situations and that’s how we knew so much about not just her, but his other friends.
‘He would talk to us about these things and we never had the indication of him being any of that way towards her.
‘To know that my baby brother, that I know is sweet but also goofy, to know that he impacted other people’s lives like this is incredible for a 22-year-old young man.
‘I feel Mr Duckro should be held accountable for his actions, but I feels as if the people who were there that were supposed to be investigating should also be accountable for their actions in all of this as well.
‘I really would like for them to think about how much they have impacted our large close-knit family and how broken we are.
‘The cops investigation only spent two hours at the crime scene the day that my brother died and I don’t feel as if that was enough time to truly investigate. Someone stood there and someone died.’
Rayl left his ex-girlfriend a voicemail the night before the shooting, saying he wanted to see how she was doing. Chilling Ring camera footage caught the moment Duckro fired through the front door of his property on North Kuther Road, killing unarmed Rayl
Footage obtained by DailyMail.com shows Mitchell explaining what happened in the lead up top the fatal shooting on the porch of his home in Sidney, Ohio
The Duckro’s $436,000 property in Ohio has also been put up for sale since the incident, with the family apparently planning to relocate
Footage obtained by DailyMail.com show Mitchell, his wife Stacie, 51, and Allyson moments after the horror shooting being interviewed by officers.
Rayl left his ex-girlfriend a voicemail the night before the shooting, saying he wanted to see how she was doing.
Chilling Ring camera footage caught the moment Duckro fired through the front door of his property on North Kuther Road, killing unarmed Rayl.
Rayl can be seen trying to push his way into the property, as Duckro says ‘James no, get off my porch’ and then ‘I have a gun’ before shooting him.
He then staggers away from the door before collapsing in the driveway of the property, with only his feet visible on the camera.
Neighbors are also seen running out after hearing ‘four or five’ gunshots but left Rayl dying on the floor for at least seven minutes before law enforcement arrived.
The Duckro’s $436,000 property in Ohio has also been put up for sale since the incident.
Rayl was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders, with an autopsy ruling that he sustained two gunshot wounds to the shoulders and a fatal wound to the back.
A grand jury ruled 8 to 1 that Duckro should not be indicted on a felony charge, under the ‘Stand Your Ground’ ruing in Ohio State legislature.
The legislation and ‘Castel Doctrine’ laws allows homeowners to use lethal force when threatened.
Neighbors just stare at Rayl as he lays dying on the front porch of his ex-girlfriend’s family property in Sidney, Ohio, on July 31
James Rayl, 22, waited at the front door of Allyson Duckro moments before her father shot him three times when he tried to break in
The family also say that the grand jury’s ruling was ‘upsetting’ and they are calling for some changes to be made to the law which protects homeowners.
She said: ‘We do think that there needs to be some tweaks to it if that law is going to be in place.
‘I feel like we need at least a full investigation first to see what needs to be changed so that this sort of incident doesn’t happen to another family not wish this kind of pain on someone else.’
In a joint statement Shelby County Prosecutor and Shelby County Sheriffs office said: ‘The front door was a solid wooden door with a deadbolt.
‘The deadbolt was found to be in the locked position and the casing to the lock side of the door was broken.
‘Three holes were found in the decorative glass window in the door and three hollow point 9mm spent cartridges were found on the floor. The weapon was located on the mantel of the fireplace.
‘The occupants of the residence were identified as Mitch Duckro, Stacy Duckro and Allyson Duckro, and initial interviews of the Duckros were conducted at the scene.
‘Mitch Duckro indicated he fired the weapon and admitted to discharging it three times. Allyson Duckro said she was familiar with James Rayl, as they dated each other until they broke it off a year and a half earlier.
‘She made law enforcement aware of a voicemail that Rayl had left for her late in the previous evening.’