Jesse Jones, 36, a Black man from Middletown, was fatally shot in the early hours of June 16, 2025, in the parking lot outside Bar II on Elliott Drive. Police were called just before 3 a.m.; officers arrived to find multiple people shot. Jones died of his wounds and three others were injured after a fight that began as a dispute inside the bar and spilled into the lot once the establishment closed, escalating from a noisy argument to gunfire.

Investigators tied the violence to those moments after closing and worked through witness statements, shell casings, and surveillance footage to reconstruct the final minutes. Arrests followed within the week: 51-year-old Jerome Collier of Hamilton was charged with murder, and 28-year-old Dy'Shonna Goins of Dayton was booked on a felonious assault charge. Both were later indicted as part of a larger set of charges related to the incident; court filings show not guilty pleas and pretrial proceedings underway with bond raised.

Some reports use the name Jessie James Jones for the same victim. Does anyone have information about Jesse Jones, his movements that night, or witnesses who saw what happened outside Bar II?