GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio (WJW) – Residents in a once quiet neighborhood in Garfield Heights say the Showcase Bar and Grille on Turney Road has a notorious reputation for violence. It has shattered the peace and made them fear for their safety.
A sign in front of the bar is a reminder of its troubling history.
The sign reads “in loving memory of Ronnie Briggs Sr.” and it’s a tribute to the co-owner of the Showcase who was shot and killed in 2022 by a man denied entrance to the bar.
But nothing prepared neighbors of the Showcase for the violence that unfolded during the early morning hours of Nov. 3.
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On video from a nearby security camera, customers are heard screaming outside the bar, and then as many as 25 gunshots are fired.
Police say an argument led to the exchange of gunfire outside the bar and customers ran for cover in the surrounding neighborhood.
One of the bullets pierced the wall of a nearby home.