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Donta Martin, 36, was killed in a shooting at Brandy’s Lounge in the Roselawn neighborhood of Cincinnati on May 16, 2021. The attack happened just before 10 p.m.; Martin was one of four people shot that night and three others were injured. The Cincinnati Police Department’s Homicide Unit opened an investigation and has sought public help to identify those responsible.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters characterized the shooting as racially motivated, though no hate crime charges were filed in Martin’s case. A separate October 2021 killing at the same bar resulted in the arrest and later sentencing of Lonnell Anderson for the murder of Derek Smith; that prosecution is not described as connected to Martin’s killing. Does anyone have information about Martin, the May 16 scene, or witnesses who haven’t spoken to investigators?