COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) – An arrest has been made in connection to the fatal shooting and burning of an Ohio State student 25 years ago.
According to court records, 48-year-old Brian Swanson is charged with murder and aggravated murder in the death of Charles Ballard, a 22-year-old student who died on Feb. 8, 2000.
An earlier report from The Lantern stated that Ballard was found shot dead and partially burned in the basement of his East 17th Avenue apartment. Police said he was laying on top of a gun that may or may not have been used in the homicide.
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The victim was shot three times, once in the head, chest and abdomen and was lying on the basement floor and on top of some paper, which was partially burned. The bottom half of Ballard’s body suffered severe burns, The Lantern said, and were less severe on his torso and clothes…