Daniel Ortello, 31, was killed in a mass shooting at the Brothers of Power Classic Cars club on Logan Avenue in Youngstown, Ohio, in the early morning of February 9, 2020. Police were called at about 3:45 a.m. to a chaotic scene as roughly 100 people fled in vehicles after gunfire broke out. Inside the club, Daniel and a 37-year-old man, Charles Pullen, shot and killed each other. Daniel’s older brother, 34-year-old Dymond D. Ortello, was fatally wounded in the club’s parking lot. Three other people were injured.

Investigators identified Robert L. Shelton as the suspect in Dymond Ortello’s death; surveillance video reportedly showed Shelton running from the club to a nearby gas station and removing his sweatshirt. Shelton was arrested two days later in Liberty, Ohio, and charged with aggravated murder, murder, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and tampering with evidence. His attorneys argued self-defense, and Shelton told the judge he shot Dymond after seeing Charles Pullen killed inside the club.

The family approved a plea agreement in May 2022 under which Shelton pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter with a gun specification and received 13 to 18 years. The shooting that killed Daniel is described as a closed case because the man identified by police as his shooter, Charles Pullen, died at the scene.