Fugitive extradited from Georgia sentenced in fatal Columbus bar shooting

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A central Ohio man who was arrested in Georgia agreed to plea deal and was sentenced this week on a murder charge.

According to court documents, 39-year-old Kenyatta Glass, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Shawn Grooms, who was gunned down at the Lotus Lounge on Channingway Boulevard.

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On Sept. 3, 2023, officers responded to the bar in the Walnut Hills neighborhood and found Grooms suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:50 a.m.

Police said that several witnesses fled the scene during the initial panic after the shooting and the initial investigation yielded few leads…

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