Armando Flores Sentenced to Prison in Fatal Crazee Mule Pub Shooting
The 29-year-old Whitehall man will spend up to 19.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in a fatal northeast Columbus bar shooting.
Armando Flores, 29, of Whitehall will spend up to 19.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in a fatal shooting at a northeast Columbus bar and grill, according to court records. Flores pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting, according to court records. Flores was arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter, murder, illegal possession of a firearm, and having a weapon under disability, according to court records.
Under the negotiated plea agreement entered Monday, Oct. 19, in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, prosecutors dropped counts of murder, illegal possession of a firearm, and having weapons under disability. Flores was sentenced to an indefinite term of 14 to 19.5 years in state prison under Ohio sentencing law.
The Crazee Mule Pub & Grill at 6188 Cleveland Ave. in northeast Columbus, pictured in April 2026 Google Street View imagery.
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The plea resolves charges stemming from the 2023 shooting. Columbus police charged Flores with murder after 51-year-old Rudy Tirado-Gonzalez was shot and killed at the Crazee Mule Pub and Grill on Cleveland Avenue on Jan. 23, according to police records. Tirado-Gonzalez was a Columbus restaurateur who owned Rudy's Food Drink and Sports on West Fifth Avenue, according to contemporaneous records.
Officers responded around 11 p.m. to the Crazee Mule Pub & Grill at 6188 Cleveland Ave., where paramedics found Tirado-Gonzalez suffering from a gunshot wound and rushed him in critical condition to Riverside Methodist Hospital, where he died, according to police records. The shooting occurred inside the bar during a dispute, according to police officials.
Security cameras captured Tirado-Gonzalez arguing with a man inside the pub before the man pulled out a gun and shot him several times, according to charging documents. Columbus police arrested Flores on Feb. 3, 2023.
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Man pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in fatal Columbus pub shooting, is sentenced
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Armando Flores, 29, of Whitehall will spend up to 19.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in a fatal shooting at a northeast Columbus bar and grill, according to court records.
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A Whitehall man who pleaded guilty in a fatal shooting at a northeast Columbus bar and grill will spend up to 19.5 years in prison, according to court records. Armando Flores, 29, was arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter
Flores was arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter, murder, illegal possession of a firearm, and having a weapon under disability, according to court records.
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according to court records. Armando Flores, 29, was arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter, murder, illegal possession of a firearm and having a weapon under disability
Man sentenced in deadly 2023 shooting at northeast Columbus pub
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Flores pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting, according to court records.
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According to court records, 29-year-old Armando Flores pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting.
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Columbus police charged Flores with murder after 51-year-old Rudy Tirado-Gonzalez was shot and killed at the Crazee Mule Pub and Grill on Cleveland Avenue on Jan. 23, according to police records.
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Armando Flores, 25, was charged with murder by Columbus police after 51-year-old Rudy Tirado Gonzalez was shot and killed atthe Crazee Mule Pub and Grill on Cleveland Avenue on Jan. 23.
Tirado-Gonzalez was a Columbus restaurateur who owned Rudy's Food Drink and Sports on West Fifth Avenue, according to contemporaneous records.
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Gonzalez was the owner of Rudy's Food Drink and Sports on West Fifth Avenue.
Security cameras captured Tirado-Gonzalez arguing with a man inside the pub before the man pulled out a gun and shot him several times, according to charging documents.
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Security cameras captured Gonzalez arguing with a man inside the bar, charging documents say. The man, identified by police as Flores, then pulled out a gun and shot Gonzalez several times.
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Officers responded around 11 p.m. to the Crazee Mule Pub & Grill at 6188 Cleveland Ave., where paramedics found Tirado-Gonzalez suffering from a gunshot wound and rushed him in critical condition to Riverside Methodist Hospital, where he died, according to police records.
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Officers responded to the Crazee Mule Pub & Grill located at 6188 Cleveland Avenue on a report of a shooting around 11 p.m.Paramedics arrived at the scene and found Rudy Tirado-Gonzalez, 51, suffering from a gunshot wound. He was rushed toRiverside Methodist Hospital in critical condition and later died.
The shooting occurred inside the bar during a dispute, according to police officials.
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According to officials, the shooting occurred inside the bar during a dispute.