ELYRIA — The fate of a Brunswick man who shot and killed an Olmsted Falls man at Joker’s Pub and Grub in Columbia Township last year is in the hands of a jury.
The nine women and three men who will decide whether 42-year-old James A. Stewart Jr. is guilty of murder and other charges were handed the case at 3 p.m. Friday by Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Chris Cook.
The jury heard nearly two full weeks of testimony about the shooting death of Jason Kleinman, 49, on May 10, 2024. Kleinman was struck once in the head by a bullet from Stewart’s handgun. Stewart claimed he was defending his brother from an assault when he shot and killed Kleinman…