A Columbus man has been charged in connection with the July shooting that left a 2-year-old boy in critical condition, Columbus police announced Monday.
Xavior McGrapth, 21, of the city’s Northland area, faces one count of felonious assault in connection with the shooting, which occurred around 9 p.m. July 7 in the 4000 block of Carlton Avenue on the city’s East Side, The Dispatch previously reported.
A probable cause affidavit filed by detectives says that Columbus police responded to a report of a shooting in the 4000 block of Carlton Avenue, where they located a 2-year-old who had been shot. Witnesses told detectives they recognized McGrapth as the shooter who was sitting in the front passenger seat of a gray Toyota Camry, and that when McGrapth recognized one of the victims standing on the front porch of the home, he brandished a firearm and ordered the driver to turn the vehicle around.
A few moments later, witnesses said the Camry came back around, and McGrapth opened fire with a black semiautomatic handgun and shot the 2-year-old victim in the head, according to the affidavit.