Three arrested in connection with weekend shooting at bar
The Cleveland Heights Police Department issued a statement late on Wednesday, Sept. 24, that it had made three arrests in connection with the shooting death of Arrion Smiley. The shooting occurred shortly after 2 a.m. on Sept. 20, outside the Double R Bar & Grill, 1940 S. Taylor Road.
Jamahl Drake and Darius Wills have been charged with aggravated murder; bond for each has been set at $500,000. Anthony Hunt has been charged with complicity to aggravated murder, with bond set at $250,000.
The investigation is ongoing, according to the statement.
Reports indicate a fight had apparently taken place inside the bar shortly before the shooting. Several people were escorted outside, after which bullets were fired into the bar through the front window. Smiley and another woman were struck; the other woman is expected to recover. Neither was believed to have been involved with the initial disturbance.
Bob Rosenbaum
Cleveland Heights resident Bob Rosenbaum is co-chairman of the Heights Observer, and is responsible for its advertising sales and market development.