LIMA — An Allen County grand jury has indicted a Lima man on charges of murder and felonious assault in connection with a shooting at the Gas Station Bar this summer that left one man dead.
DeArin Thomas, 25, entered not guilty pleas to the charges during his arraignment on Wednesday. He was ordered held on $1 million bond.
According to court documents, Thomas fired multiple shots from a handgun that resulted in the death of Davohn Godsey. The incident was the culmination of a physical confrontation that took place on July 5 inside the bar located at 126 E. North St. in Lima.
Police say Godsey was in the bar with his cousin, Marlon Godsey, when Davohn Godsey and a man later identified as Thomas began to argue. Davohn Godsey was shot multiple times in the upper torso, back, leg and head and died as a result of those injuries. Marlon Godsey was shot in the leg.
Police learned the identity of the gunman from witnesses. One witness said Thomas shot Godsey in the head and then “stood over him and fired several more shots until someone said ‘he’s already dead.’”
The Gas Station Bar is located in the same building as the former G-Spot Bar, the site of multiple shootings last year. Bisman Investment Co., the owners of the G-Spot Bar, shut the facility down in July 2016 in advance of pending legal action from the city. The building was purchased in November by Thelma Banks, of Lima, according to the Allen County Auditor’s Office.
Lima 6th Ward Councilman Derry Glenn announced earlier this year that he was contributing $1,000 to a reward fund for information leading to arrests and convictions for the shooting death of Godsey and two other unrelated recent incidents of violence.
“We can’t let this continue to go on. We’ve got to come together to let police know where the guns are coming from,” Glenn said at the time.
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