COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus city and police leaders are coming together to say they will not tolerate any more violence, particularly violence involving young people.
This stand comes after a 17-year-old was shot and killed, five others injured at a party at a southside short-term rental on July 4. Three weeks prior, an 18-year-old was killed and six others injured at a “pop-up party” in Downtown Columbus.
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Police said officers did a lot of work to keep violence down leading up to the holiday weekend, including a juvenile warrant round-up where eight arrests were made, 83 warrant services were attempted, and 17 notices made (family or household members were made aware of active warrants). Officers also arrested five people with guns at Red, White and BOOM! Police said all of those arrests were people under 20 years old, two were juveniles. Police said two of the guns were reportedly stolen.
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther said seeing the violence this weekend is frustrating…