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Trial begins for suspect in fatal 2022 beating outside Short North bar
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – One of two men accused in a beating death outside a bar in the Short North in September of 2022 is set to go on trial Monday. Dwayne Cummings will be on trial facing a murde…
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Trial begins for suspect in fatal 2022 beating outside Short North bar
by: Daniel Griffin, Kyle Beachy
Posted: Jan 28, 2024 / 06:09 PM EST
Updated: Jan 28, 2024 / 06:11 PM EST
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – One of two men accused in a beating death outside a bar in the Short North in September of 2022 is set to go on trial Monday.
Dwayne Cummings will be on trial facing a murder charge with jury selection beginning Monday.
Cummings, along with Chrystian Foster, are accused of murder in the death of bartender Gregory Coleman Jr. following a fight outside the now-closed Julep bar on Sept. 5, 2022.
The fight, a portion of which was caught on video released by Columbus police, shows Coleman squaring up to one of the suspects when a second man comes up from Coleman’s blind spot, hitting him on the side of the head. Coleman then falls to the ground – half on the sidewalk and half in the street — while the two men in the video proceed to hit him multiple times.
Coleman was hospitalized with severe injuries, dying 12 days after the assault.
Foster will be tried via a bench trial at a later date.