On July 28, 2023, 23-year-old Nasier Reid was shot and killed outside Jack’s Corner Pub in north Columbus near Summit Street and Tompkins Street. Police say Reid was involved in an altercation with two men, 20-year-old David Allen and 21-year-old Jakai Watts, and surveillance footage cited by the bar owner showed Allen firing multiple shots before fleeing. Officers found Reid unresponsive on Tompkins Street; he was pronounced dead at 2:13 am.

A warrant for Allen’s arrest was issued the day of the shooting; Allen was arrested on October 3, 2023, in Cleveland by the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force and held pending extradition to Columbus on a murder charge. Watts was arrested and charged with tampering with evidence. The city attorney later sued to declare Jack’s Corner Pub a public nuisance, citing 38 service calls or complaints over two years and a previous homicide report from March 2022; the pub has been closed and put up for sale while the nuisance designation remains with the property.

If anyone knew Nasier Reid or has information about the events outside Jack’s Corner Pub that night, please share what can help the ongoing case.