Man killed in Middletown bar parking lot shooting identified

Bar II was the site of an overnight Middletown shooting which left 1 dead and 3 injured. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Credit: Nick Graham

Credit: Nick Graham

Bar II was the site of an overnight Middletown shooting which left 1 dead and 3 injured. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Jesse Jones of Middletown was identified today as the person killed in a Monday shooting in a bar parking lot, according to the Warren County Coroner’s Office.

At approximately 2:44 a.m., police responded to the parking lot outside Bar II at 1200 Elliott Drive on reports of shots fired. Four people were shot in the incident, police said.

Officers found Jones, 36, and a female with gunshot wounds at the scene. Jones died at the scene.

Hospital workers told police two additional people sought treatment for gunshot wounds related to the same incident.

Three of the people remain in the hospital.

From what the police know now, the fight began in the parking lot of Bar II, not inside the bar.

Police Chief Earl Nelson said the department has not been called to Bar II recently for any incidents.

A suspect has not been identified, according to Nelson.

Police have collected video footage from buildings near the incident.

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information can contact Detective Terry Ballinger at 513-425-7741 or via email at terryb@cityofmiddeltown.org, or reach police dispatch at 513-425-7700.

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