DeJuan Edward Thomas Sr., 33, of Youngstown, Ohio, was shot in the chest and died on February 7, 2015. He worked at Valley Foods and City Car Wash, attended Christ Center Church, and had five sons. On the night he was killed an altercation with 42-year-old Earl Price inside the Jazz Partners lounge on Oak Hill Avenue escalated; both men went outside and DeJuan was shot. He was driven to St. Elizabeth Health Center but succumbed to his injuries. Witnesses said the car used after the shooting was bloodied inside and had a shattered window.

A Mahoning County grand jury later indicted Earl Price on aggravated murder and a weapons charge, including a gun specification and repeat violent offender specification; Price pleaded guilty to the homicide in July 2015. DeJuan had been scheduled to appear at a pre-trial hearing in an unrelated 2012 case concerning the death of 16-year-old Kristopher Stewart, in which he was one of three men indicted.