Corey Divers, 35, a Black man from Columbus, was shot during a late-night altercation inside Players Family Billiards on East Main Street in Whitehall on June 6, 2025. Officers arriving just before midnight found him wounded; he was taken to Mount Carmel East and died soon after, with a funeral notice recording his death on June 7, 2025.

Investigators said a fight broke out in the pool hall and during the struggle 36-year-old David Tobias Walker III pulled a gun and shot Divers before fleeing. Whitehall police announced a murder charge against Walker while he was initially at large and asked the public for tips. Two months later a U.S. Marshals–led fugitive task force located and arrested Walker in west Columbus near the Henderson Heights area; he was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Franklin County Jail on the murder charge.

Public updates did not describe a motive beyond the fight in the billiards hall and no additional suspects were identified. If anyone knew Divers or has tips about the night at Players Family Billiards, please share what might help the ongoing case.