The quiet of a Columbus evening was shattered on Wednesday when police were called to the scene of a shooting near Smith Rd/Lockbourne Rd, with officers arriving at approximately 9:37 p.m. A victim, discovered with multiple gunshot wounds, was quickly transported to a nearby hospital, their condition critical—an all too familiar scenario unfolding on city streets.
Currently, the Columbus Police Department is on the hunt for answers. Dispatched in the night’s cloak, officers came upon the wounded individual whose survival hung by a thread, a grim tableau sketched out in the flickering blue and red of police lights. The Columbus Police Department’s Felony Assault Unit is spearheading the investigation, to which Detective B. Graham has been assigned the lead role, detailed in a press release from Columbus.gov.
Community members with potential insights or information regarding the shooting are urged to step forward and assist Detective Graham, a call by an official statement acquired by the department…