A Franklin County jury convicted 40-year-old Dwayne Cummings on a murder charge in connection with the beating death of a man outside a bar in the Short North in 2022.
Cummings received a sentence of 15 years to life in prison for killing 37-year-old Gregory Coleman Jr.
In September of that year, Cummings and 32-year-old Chrystian Foster approached Coleman outside the Julep bar and punched Coleman. The two men continued to assault Coleman after he fell and hit his head on the ground. Coleman was placed on life support and died later that month.
Foster is also charged with murder in Coleman's death and awaits trial.
Coleman's family also filed a civil suit in Franklin County Common Pleas Court naming Cummings, Foster and several Short North businesses, including Short North Julep, Park Street Cantina, Granero Lounge and Callahan's Bar and Rooftop, which all list Fadi Michael as the statutory agent, as defendants.
