Brandon Clark, 31, of Columbus, Ohio, was shot in the torso and later died after being brought to Mt. Carmel East Hospital following the January 22, 2021 shooting. He was found injured at a gas station on the 5900 block of East Main Street and pronounced dead the next morning. Witnesses said Clark and 31-year-old Nehemiah Martin were involved in an altercation that resulted in Martin firing a single shot.

Martin was arrested shortly after the incident at a relative’s home and charged with murder. At trial, Martin testified he was being beaten by Clark and fired his legally carried handgun in self-defense. A Franklin County jury acquitted Martin, finding he acted in self-defense; the jury deliberated less than three hours. The mother of Martin’s twin boys testified for the prosecution, supporting Clark’s version of events. Clark had been released from prison four months earlier after serving a six-year sentence for a Franklin County kidnapping conviction.

Are there witnesses or local readers who remember the scene at the East Main Street gas station or have additional information about what led to the altercation?