LaVar Bagley, Sr., was 43 and from Trotwood, Ohio. He was shot around 12:15 a.m. on September 11, 2020, at Napoleon’s Reloaded, a nightclub in Jefferson Township, and was found in the parking lot with fatal injuries. A second person was treated at Grandview Hospital for non-life-threatening wounds.

Bagley was a graduate of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, trained as an HVAC technician at Sinclair Community College, and was active in the First Baptist Church of Ridgewood Heights before developing a closer relationship with Allah. Family remembered him as a loving father, brother and friend; his obituary mentions winning the Martin Luther King oratorical contest and his devotion to his children and grandchildren.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office detained a person of interest, Gregory Bush Jr., 40, who was later booked into the Montgomery County Jail on suspicion of murder. The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office had not yet determined the official cause and manner of death at the time of the report.

If anyone has information about Bagley’s shooting or was at Napoleon’s Reloaded that night, please come forward.