LIMA, OH (WLIO) - The murder trial for a 37-year-old Lima man is set to move forward after he rejected a plea offer.
Deontray Forrest is facing charges of felonious assault and murder both have criminal gang activity and gun specifications on them. He is also facing a charge of having weapons under disability.
The Lima Police Department says Forrest is responsible for the shooting at Levels Lounge in February of 2020, where three men were killed. The bodies of Terell McGraw and Devontae Upshaw were found inside the bar, and Timothy White was found dead on the sidewalk near the bar.
Forrest went on the run and was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Cleveland in April of that year. The trial is scheduled to begin on December 12th.
