Orlando – Stonewall Bar is now open for business, but they were surrounded by yellow crime scene tape for a few hours Sunday afternoon after a shooting near the bar that resulted in one man’s death.
According to the Orlando Police Department, on Nov. 17, Emmanuel Johnson, 25 met with an unidentified 23-year-old man on the 700 block of West Church Street to sell and purchase a Playstation 4. Police aren’t sure what went wrong, but the men exchanged gunfire. Both were taken to the hospital, where Johnson died and the other man remains with gunshot wounds.
Steven Watkins, owner of Stonewall, said the bar was shut down for about four and a half hours, during which police would allow patrons to leave, but would not allow anyone to enter.
“There was no damage to the bar,” Watkins said. “The bar was packed during the investigation.”
He was not there during the incident, but said Stonewall’s security cameras caught the crime on tape so he went to the bar later in the day to help police get access to the footage.
