Overview
- Jonathan Morris, 21, is charged with murder in the Aug. 29 shooting outside the Taco Bell on Gest Street in Cincinnati’s Queensgate neighborhood.
- Police identified the victim as Ryan Johnson, 32, a manager who was shot multiple times in the restaurant’s parking lot shortly after midnight.
- Prosecutors allege Morris had been terminated earlier that day and that Johnson was speaking with him in the lot when the shooting occurred.
- The incident was allegedly recorded on video, and prosecutors described the killing as senseless and said Johnson was trying to help.
- A judge set secured bond at $500,000; Johnson’s grandmother urged no bond at the hearing, and Taco Bell offered condolences and said the operator is cooperating with investigators.