COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Nine years after a 14-year-old boy was shot and killed while playing dice on the East Side, police remain without leads despite 50 possible witnesses to the crime.
The shooting occurred on May 9, 2016, when officers responded to home near the 800 block of South Weyant Avenue, near East Main Street in Eastmoor. Police located Armani Anderson, 14, who was shot in the torso and taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition. For a previous report on this story view the video player above.
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Anderson, who died just before 6 p.m. that evening, was among a group of individuals playing dice when the drive-by shooting occurred at around 5:15 p.m. Police said that’s when a dark colored vehicle drove through an alley and an individual began firing shots out of the window.
A 21-year-old man, now 30, was also shot in the leg, but there were no other injuries reported. Detectives said about 50 people were present when the shooting took place, but no one has come forward with any information…