HARRISON TOWNSHIP — A 30-year-old man is dead after a shooting outside of a Harrison Township bar early Tuesday.
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Deputies and medics were called out to Palms Lounge and Grill on Old Barn Road around 1 a.m. on Tuesday for reports of a person shot.
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Upon arrival, crews found a man, identified as 30-year-old Jordan Ashe, who was shot. Ashe was pronounced dead on the scene.
The Montgomery County Sherriff’s Office said in a press conference Tuesday afternoon that Ashe was a bouncer at the bar but was off the night of the shooting.
Deputies believe that before the shooting, the suspect was asked to leave the bar by security and Ashe was assisting with this.
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“I can’t unsee what I saw. It’s tragic and heartbreaking,” LaRhan Wilkinson, owner of Palms Lounge and Grill, said.
As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00, Wilkinson said it feels like she can’t wake up from a nightmare following the shooting. Her employees were trying to do their jobs and Ashe lost his life.
“I don’t even know how to feel,” she said. “I still don’t. Angry, sad, disappointed, frustrated.”
The suspect drove off from the scene after the shooting.
While deputies were investigating, a car crashed a short distance from the scene at Shiloh Springs Road and North Main Street. The vehicle and driver description from witnesses matched the description of the suspect from the shooting.
Deputies were able to identify him and detectives went to the suspect’s house. While there, the suspect, only identified as a 40-year-old man, arrived muddy and with injuries consistent with having been in a crash. He was then taken into custody.
While the sheriff’s office did not confirm the suspect’s identity, 40-year-old Talbert Grooms was booked into the Montgomery County Jail on suspicion of murder.
“It gave me some sense of joy to know that justice can be served,” Wilkinson said.
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