Zai Vyon Frederick Ocie Jackson, 21, was shot and killed in Cleveland’s Flats district in the early hours of September 28, 2025. Officers working the Entertainment District detail heard gunfire just after the bars closed and found Jackson mortally wounded outside Punch Bowl Social on the 1000 block of West 11th Street; EMS pronounced him dead at the scene. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner identified him as Zai Vyon Frederick Ocie Jackson, age 21.

Investigators say the violence began as an argument between two men that escalated into gunfire. In the same exchange that killed Jackson, a 24-year-old man was also struck; officers and EMS treated him and transported him to a hospital. Police described that 24-year-old as the alleged shooter, and said he was placed under arrest while receiving treatment. The scene was secured while detectives collected evidence and canvassed for witnesses among a dispersing nightlife crowd. Further details, including any formal charges and the full sequence of events leading to the shooting, had not been released.

Did anyone in the Flats area that night see what led to the argument or the shooting?