TOLEDO, Ohio — The owner of a Toledo bar shut down after a fatal shooting says the punishment is misplaced, and he’s now appealing to city council for support.
Sean Love, owner of Agenda Bar, learned last week that a Lucas County judge upgraded a temporary restraining order into a full closure order. The ruling keeps the bar closed until August 2026.
The shutdown follows a July 6 shooting outside the bar that left two men dead and two others injured. Toledo police say the incident was the culmination of a years-long pattern, with 24 police reports tied to the location over the past four years.
Love acknowledges the violence but argues the decision unfairly singles out his business.
“We just got a ruling last week that comes to me as kind of a shock,” he told WTOL 11. Love said he has i