Overview

• The bar filed a lawsuit in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court seeking a temporary restraining order, and Judge Peter Corrigan will set a hearing schedule.
• Flats East Development terminated Play Bar & Grill’s lease and retook possession after issuing warnings over the summer; boards were removed but the business remains closed.
• Cleveland declared the bar a nuisance under an emergency statute and cited three prior incidents this summer, including a reported July 5 shooting inside the bar.
• Police say four gunmen fired at least 40 rounds on West 10th Street on Sept. 7, wounding six people, with a suspected gunman among those injured.
• The bar’s owners dispute the city’s claims, sharing surveillance video they say shows the shooting occurred in the street as they were closing for overcrowding, while police leadership defends the response time and plans a review of event safety.