David Lee Owens III, 31, was shot and killed in the pre-dawn hours of August 3, 2025, after a dice game and a quarrel outside the Convenient Food Mart at Elm Road NE and Larchmont Avenue in Warren. Surveillance footage time-stamped just after 4 a.m. shows a shove, a scramble toward trunks and waistbands, then muzzle flashes; investigators later recovered as many as 40 shell casings between parked cars. Officers found Owens near the corner around 5:20 a.m.; he was taken to St. Joseph Warren Hospital and pronounced dead. A second man was shot in both legs and survived.

Within weeks police identified and charged a primary suspect, Savion Woodall, 23, with murder, attempted murder, and multiple weapons offenses; he pleaded not guilty and was held without bond. Federal prosecutors also charged three other men—Jumal Ellis Rowe, Rayjon Ray McElroy, and Sean King—on firearms-related counts tied to the scene. The Convenient Food Mart was temporarily closed by the city as officials cited safety concerns while the investigation by Warren police, Trumbull County deputies, and ATF agents continued.

What did readers in the Elm Road neighborhood see that morning, and does anyone have information that could help investigators with the case?