911 calls from Old Landmark Tavern shooting show chaotic scene on Far South Side

Published 2:30 p.. ET Aug 3 2022

Seven different 911 calls made the night two men were fatally shot at the Old Landmark Tavern on Columbus’ Far South Side reveal a harrowing and chaotic scene both inside and outside the small bar, as people called for help and family members tried to track down their loved ones.

The calls also provide clues as to who may be involved in Monday night’s shooting in the 100 block of Rumsey Road, which also left three other men injured.

“Hurry up! They’re shooting! They’re shooting! They’re shooting!,” a bar employee shouted to a dispatcher in one of the calls.

“Who’s they?” the dispatcher asked.

“The Avengers. The Avengers bike club. They’re on their motorcycles,” the employee said.

Calls began to pour in after shots were fired sometime around 9:41 p.m. Monday at Old Landmark Tavern.

Another person who called 911 told a dispatcher he’d been shot in the neck, and laid the blame for the shooting on “bikers,” whom he later called “the Avengers.”

“I’m going to die, hurry,” he said. “Nobody is safe, please.”

Police search motorcycle club’s headquarters

Robert Shepherd, lead detective on the case for the Columbus Division of Police, told the Dispatch that police obtained and executed a search warrant Tuesday afternoon at what he referred to as the Avengers’ “clubhouse.”

The calls also provide clues as to who may be involved in Monday night’s shooting in the 100 block of Rumsey Road, which also left three other men injured.

“Hurry up! They’re shooting! They’re shooting! They’re shooting!,” a bar employee shouted to a dispatcher in one of the calls.

“Who’s they?” the dispatcher asked.

“The Avengers. The Avengers bike club. They’re on their motorcycles,” the employee said.

Another person who called 911 told a dispatcher he’d been shot in the neck, and laid the blame for the shooting on “bikers,” whom he later called “the Avengers.”

“I’m going to die, hurry,” he said. “Nobody is safe, please.”

Police search motorcycle club’s headquarters

“I’m hoping here in the next couple days I have a little bit more understanding and grasp on exactly what occurred and who was directly involved,” Shepherd said. “There’s a lot of theories being thrown around. They all make sense, but we’re not going to run with one particular theory at this point and time.”

Police say altercation preceded shooting

Shortly after police arrived at the Old Landmark Tavern after receiving the first 911 call at 9:41 p.m., they found Glenn Clark III, 50, suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:45 p.m.

Police say altercation preceded shooting

‘People are getting shot out there’

Inside the bar on Monday night, the bar employee who called 911 can be heard on the recording of the call urging others to get keys to lock the doors. The employee pleaded with the dispatcher to send police.

“People are getting shot out there,” the employee said. “I’m just scared to death, and I want to get out of here.”

Source: The Columbus Dispatch