Thorsten Bo Martin, 52, was working security outside Johnny Gringos on Chester Street in Painesville in the early morning hours of November 22, 2025, when a confrontation ended in his death. Responders found Martin with a gunshot wound around 3:30 a.m.; he was transported to University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Investigators say a verbal dispute between Martin and a 28-year-old man escalated into a physical fight, during which the younger man allegedly produced a firearm and fired one shot that struck Martin. Bystanders subdued the shooter and wrestled the gun away before officers arrived, preventing further violence.

Martin was a local business owner and landscaper who ran a company called Yes We Can and was known in the community for his generosity and reliability. A memorial grew outside the bar in the days after the shooting. Authorities arrested 28-year-old Dylan Hayden Stalnaker of Painesville Township; he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, charged with murder, held without bond and pleaded not guilty at arraignment on November 24, 2025, with a preliminary hearing set for December 1, 2025.

Does anyone who was in downtown Painesville that night have information about the confrontation leading up to the shooting?