On the evening of August 29, 2024, at about 10 p.m., emergency responders went to The Cruise Inn Bar on Northland Boulevard in Forest Park, Ohio, after reports of a shooting. They found 37-year-old Willie Lee Clark with multiple gunshot wounds. Clark was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and died of his injuries.

Investigators say an argument occurred inside the bar between Clark and another individual, during which the assailant produced a firearm and shot Clark multiple times before fleeing. Authorities later identified 49-year-old Michael Leon Talley Jr. as the suspect. He was arrested without incident on September 11, 2024, and was indicted on counts including aggravated murder with firearm specifications, two counts of murder with firearm specifications, felonious assault, and two counts of having weapons while under disability. Talley was on probation at the time and legally prohibited from possessing firearms because of prior convictions; his bond was set at $500,000 and he is in custody at the Hamilton County Justice Center.

Anyone who was at The Cruise Inn on the night of August 29 or has information about the altercation is asked to come forward.