A Parking-Spot Dispute Ended With a Man Shot Dead Inside a Cincinnati Shake Shack, and a Jury Just Called It Self-Defense

A fatal shooting inside a Cincinnati Shake Shack that began as an argument over a parking spot has ended with an acquittal, after a jury concluded the man who fired the shot was acting in self-defense.

Antwoine McCants, 56, walked out of a Hamilton County courtroom on Sept. 25 after a jury acquitted him on all counts, deciding he was justified when he shot and killed Christopher Stallworth inside a Shake Shack near the University of Cincinnati.

Stallworth, 41, died in June 2025 after what prosecutors called a “misunderstanding” over a parking spot on Calhoun Street. Surveillance cameras inside the restaurant captured the shooting…

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