crime
According to FOX 28, the Columbus Division of Police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened in east Columbus Thursday evening. Police said the call came just after 7:40 p.m., and 20-year-old Tyler Jones was shot multiple times in the 5400 block of East Livingston Avenue. Jones was taken to Mount Carmel East in life […]
Summer is here and I am already seeing a spike in gun violence in our communities. According to FOX 28, police are investigating a drive-by shooting that happened in East Linden early Sunday morning. Just before 5:00 a.m., five people were shot in the arms and legs outside Toros Motorcycle Club on Genesee Avenue, per […]
According to Fox 28, police are investigating a shooting that happened in south Columbus Friday night. On June 21 at 9:35 p.m., patrol officers say they went to East Whittier Street after ShotSpotter reported gunfire in the area. Officers found Anthony Hunt suffering from a gunshot wound to his right leg and William Smith Jr., […]
According to Fox 28, Columbus Police are investigating a suspicious death that happened Saturday morning. Police say Desiree Hunn, 35, was found dead in a running vehicle parked outside of her home on East 19th Avenue, just before 10:25 a.m. The cause her death is unknown and under investigation, police say as an autopsy will […]
According to Fox 28, the attorney for Ohio’s capital city has ordered prosecutors to stop asking for cash bonds for minor, nonviolent crimes to reduce jail populations. Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein says it’s time to address over-incarceration and overcrowded jails. Klein says the U.S. jails a disproportionate number of people compared to other countries. […]
It’s officially summer in the 614. I pray that the higher temperatures won’t cause an increase in crime in the city. According to NBC41.com, one person is dead after a shooting early Sunday morning at the intersection of East 5th Avenue and North High Street. Columbus police were dispatched to the scene just before 3:30 […]
Have you seen this man? According to Fox 28, police are still looking for answers in a murder that happened nearly two years ago to the day. On May 27, 2017, officers were dispatched to Maryland Avenue on the report of a shooting and found Deaonte Bell suffering from gunshot wounds. Authorities say Bell was […]
Have you seen him? According to Fox, the police are looking for him for using counterfeit money in Gahanna. On April 18 around 9:15 p.m., a man tried to pass a counterfeit $50 bill at the Kroger Marketplace Fuel Center on South Hamilton Road in Gahanna, police say. The clerk realized the bill was counterfeit […]
According to Fox 28, police have identified a suspect in a hit-and-run crash that killed a woman last Sunday in southeast Columbus. Columbus Police were called to Driving Park Recreation Center just after 12:30 a.m. on the report of a body and found 62-year-old Garnet Louise Jones, who was pronounced dead at the scene, per […]
According to Fox 28, police are looking for a suspect after three teenagers were shot and injured at a southeast Columbus laundromat Friday evening. Just after 8:00 p.m., officers were sent to a laundromat on Courtright Road on a call of a shooting. They found Rashjon Thomas, 17, and Keshawn Cox, 16, suffering from gunshot […]