William Evander Cummings V, 31, was found unresponsive but breathing inside a vehicle that had crashed at Broadway Avenue and West 6th Street in Lorain, Ohio, on March 29, 2025. Officers initially thought the crash caused a head injury, but a subsequent exam revealed a gunshot wound to the right side of his head. Bullet holes were later found in the vehicle and linked to an earlier shooting in the parking lot of Bootlegger’s Den, a bar at 538 Broadway Avenue.

Cummings was taken to Mercy Hospital in Lorain and died days later. The Lorain Police Department is treating the incident as a homicide and has asked anyone with information to contact the Criminal Investigations Bureau. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced and the investigation is ongoing.

Did anyone see activity in the Bootlegger’s Den parking lot that night or have dashcam or surveillance footage from Broadway Avenue and West 6th Street?