Clayton Bender, 23, of Warren, Ohio, was shot and killed in the parking lot of Madden’s Bar and Grill in Niles on June 11, 2018, around 2 a.m. He was in the back seat of a black Cadillac when an argument escalated into a physical fight and gunfire; Bender was struck by multiple bullets and later pronounced dead at Trumbull Regional Medical Center.

Robin Luke Caviness Jr., 38, of Howland, Ohio, was arrested and charged in connection with the shooting. He was indicted on murder, three counts of felonious assault, and illegal possession of a firearm in a liquor-permit premises. Reports say racial slurs were used during the altercation and that Caviness fired multiple shots into the Cadillac before leaving the scene in a black pickup truck; Bender and two others were left behind.

Bender had been at a private party at the bar to memorialize a recent murder victim and had recently taken two new jobs, according to family and friends. Caviness turned himself in later the same day and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation assisted with the probe. Does anyone have information about the night of June 11, 2018, or about interactions near the bar that morning?