Vincent "Vinny" Stoetzel was shot 22 times inside Carter Lumber's facility on Reading Road in Mason on Wednesday, according to court documents.

The man charged with killing him "absolutely" targeted Stoetzel specifically, Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell said at a bond hearing Monday.

David Cohen, 34, appeared before Mason Municipal Court Judge Andrew Batsche, who granted prosecutors' request to hold Cohen without bond on an aggravated murder charge. Cohen pleaded not guilty and waived his preliminary hearing, sending the case to a Warren County grand jury.

The hearing produced the most detailed public account yet of the shooting that killed Stoetzel, a 29-year-old father of four, while he was working at the lumber yard around 1:15 p.m.

Flock cameras tracked suspect in 10 minutes

Mason Police Detective Andrew Simmons testified that officers recovered approximately 25 shell casings at the scene. Employees quickly identified Cohen as the suspected shooter because he had worked at Carter Lumber briefly before quitting the weekend before the shooting.

That identification allowed investigators to enter Cohen's vehicle information into the Flock license-plate reader network. "Police were then able to input that information, and they were getting hits on Flock cameras within 10 minutes of when this incident happened," Fornshell said at the hearing.

Officers arrested Cohen on Interstate 275 in Springdale. Body-camera video captured an officer ordering Cohen to drop a gun from the vehicle, and Simmons testified police believe that weapon was the same one used in the shooting.

Short acquaintance, no workplace dispute

Fornshell told the court that Cohen worked at Carter Lumber for about one week before quitting voluntarily. The prosecutor described Cohen's reason for leaving as "fairly innocuous," adding that the employer had no concern violence would follow.

Investigators have found no evidence that Stoetzel supervised Cohen, fired him, or had any workplace dispute with him. The two had known each other only three to four weeks, including a brief social acquaintance outside of work, according to Fornshell.

What's next

The case now moves to a Warren County grand jury for potential indictment. If indicted, Cohen's case would transfer to Warren County Common Pleas Court, where a judge could reexamine bond.

Stoetzel's pastor at Heart Church, Tyron Whittaker, told WLWT on Friday, July 24, two days after the shooting: "Always providing for his family, phenomenal dad. That's the most heartbreaking thing."

Anyone with information about the case can contact the Mason Police Department at 513-765-6300.