Arrest made in connection with death of former Notre Dame star's brother

Police made an arrest Thursday in connection with the death of a former Notre Dame star’s brother in Hampton, Virginia.

The Hampton Police Department announced Ronald Ivan Scott, 33, was arrested Thursday for the death of Joshua Owusu-Koramoah in a fire on Tuesday. Scott is charged with one count of murder and one count of arson and remains in custody.

Police were investigating the fire as a homicide, according to the Hampton Daily Press. Owusu-Koramoah was found in his house Tuesday morning after failing to meet a friend at a local Cracker Barrel. His brother, Jeremiah, starred for Notre Dame from 2017-20 before going to the Cleveland Browns in the 2021 NFL Draft. He was running football camps in Ghana when he found out about his brother’s death and flew back home right away, according to Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot.

Jeremiah had a monster year for the Fighting Irish as a senior in 2020. He was a consensus All-American, the ACC Defensive Player of the Year — remember, Notre Dame played in the league that year because of the COVID-19 pandemic — and the Dick Butkus Award winner. The Browns drafted him with the No. 52 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft and he was named to the Pro Football Writers Association All-Rookie Team.

Report: Former Notre Dame star’s brother found dead, investigation into possible homicide

The brother of a former Notre Dame football player died in a fire on Tuesday.

Joshua Owusu-Koramoah — whose brother, Jeremiah, plays for the Cleveland Browns after starring at Notre Dame — was found dead Tuesday morning in Hampton, Virginia. Authorities found evidence of a fire in the house, but police are still investigating the cause and manner of Owusu-Koramoah’s death as a homicide, according to the Hampton Daily Press.

Owusu-Koramoah was supposed to meet a friend, Drew Barker, at a local Cracker Barrel on Tuesday morning, but didn’t show up, according to The Daily Press. Barker, one of his high school teammates, got worried when he didn’t show up 25 minutes after the scheduled meeting time. After he didn’t hear from him, he headed to Owusu-Koramoah’s house and was one of the first people on the scene after medical personnel arrived.

“It was touch-and-go for a while because they weren’t sure if it was him [in the townhouse] right off the bat,” Barker told The Daily Press. “We tried to hold out hope as long as we could. When we found out it was him it was demoralizing trying to figure out how this happened.”