Deshawn A. Jones, a 27-year-old Black man from Columbus, Ohio, was shot and killed on October 15, 2016. The shooting followed a fight inside the Oakland Park Bar and Grill on Oakland Park Avenue in North Columbus that spilled out onto the street. Deshawn was later found unresponsive behind the wheel of his vehicle in a daycare parking lot across from the bar and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Columbus Police Department opened an investigation; no suspects have been identified and the case remains unsolved. The matter is included in the Ohio Attorney General’s Office cold case homicide unit, which continues to seek information. Deshawn is remembered by his mother Sonya M. Jones, his father Jeffrey D. Russell, his son Deshawn Jones Jr., and his siblings.

If anyone has information about the events outside the bar that night or saw anything in the area of Oakland Park Avenue on October 15, 2016, please share what is known.