COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two suspects were arrested and charged in a deadly shooting that happened over the summer at Jack’s Corner Pub in north Columbus.
On July 28, police found 23-year-old Nasier Reid on Tompkins Street with gunshot wounds and was unresponsive.
Investigators learned that Reid got into a fight with 20-year-old David Allen and 21-year-old Jakai Watts before the shooting. The owner of the bar said surveillance video showed Allen shooting Reid several times before running away.
On Oct. 3, Allen was arrested and being held in the Cuyahoga County jail. He is charged with murder.
Watts was also arrested and charged with tampering with evidence.
Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein filed a lawsuit against the bar last month in response to Reid's shooting. The lawsuit is seeking to declare Jack's Corner Pub a public nuisance due to criminal activity and dozens of police calls.
Over the past two years, court documents say there have been 38 calls for service or complaints to police about the bar. One of the calls was for a reported homicide from March 2022.
The pub, which has been closed since the lawsuit, has since been put up for sale. However, Klein says whoever buys the property will inherit the nuisance label.
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