A 22-year-old man, Jayson Brown, was killed in a shooting at ZaZa Wood Fired Pizza & Mediterranean Cuisine in the Executive Market Place shopping center in Toledo on the evening of Thursday, November 6, 2025. Emergency crews found Brown inside the restaurant with multiple gunshot wounds just before 8:40 p.m.; he was taken to ProMedica Toledo Hospital and died shortly after 10:20 p.m. The Lucas County Coroner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators describe the events as an attempted robbery of the restaurant. According to court documents, two people allegedly planned and carried out an assault inside the pizzeria that included the use of mace on occupants. Taylor Raths, 34, was arrested and a warrant issued for 39-year-old Ronald Hurst; Hurst was later taken into custody. Both have been charged with involuntary manslaughter and were arraigned in Toledo Municipal Court. Authorities say Brown was shot by someone inside the restaurant but have not identified who fired the fatal shots. The investigation is ongoing.

If anyone was at ZaZa Wood Fired Pizza on November 6 or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know with investigators.